Bishop Jocelyn of Glasgow 1174 – 1199.
A monk at and then Abbot of Melrose, was steeped in the church’s liturgy because of the attention given in the Abbey to daily prayer, study and work. He also showed himself to be a man of great ability. He got the Pope to enhance Glasgow’s independence as a ‘special daughter of The Holy See in 1175, confirmed in 1176.’ During his tenure Glasgow was also established as a bishop’s burgh by William the Lion who gave permission for the Glasgow Fair. Jocelyn commissioned the Life of St Kentigern by Jocelyn of Furnace, and organised the rebuilding and expansion of the cathedral in stone from 1197. He also promoted and developed the choir school which had been established as early as 1124.
There are replica copies of The Life of Kentigern at the Archdiocese of Glasgow, at Glasgow Cathedral, at the Mitchell Library and at Glasgow University, and an excerpt is read in the original Latin and in English at a short ceremony on the Saturday nearest his feast day every year at the Mitchell Library.
Bishop Jocelyn died at Melrose Abbey on St Patrick’s Day 1199.
Here is a little video :
Let Glasgow Flourish
