Symeon is the second known Bishop of Ross

Bishop of Ross

The Bishop of Ross was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Ross, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics. The first recorded bishop appears in the late 7th century as a witness to Adomnán of Iona's Cáin Adomnáin. The bishopric was based at the settlement of Rosemarkie until the mid-13th...

 in the 12th century. His predecessor Mac Bethad

Mac Bethad of Rosemarkie

Mac Bethad is the first recorded High Medieval Bishop of Ross, a See then located at Rosemarkie.He makes his only historical appearance as Macbeth Rosmarkensis Episcopus Mac Bethad (fl. 1127 x 1131) is the first recorded High Medieval Bishop of Ross, a See then located at Rosemarkie.He makes his...

 occurred as bishop in a document datable between 1127 and 1131.

Symeon appeared for the first time when he witnessed a charter

Charter

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 by King David I of Scotland

David I of Scotland

David I or Dabíd mac Maíl Choluim was a 12th-century ruler who was Prince of the Cumbrians and later King of the Scots...

 granting Nithbren and Balcristin to Dunfermline Abbey

Dunfermline Abbey

Dunfermline Abbey is as a Church of Scotland Parish Church located in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. In 2002 the congregation had 806 members. The minister is the Reverend Alastair Jessamine...

. This is the only extant charter witnessed by Bishop Symeon. This charter is also witnessed by Alwin, Abbot of Holyrood

Abbot of Holyrood

The Abbot of Holyrood was the head of the Augustinian monastic community of Holyrood Abbey, now in Edinburgh. The long history of the abbey came to a formal end in July 1606 when the parliament of Scotland turned the abbey into a secular lordship for the last commendator, John Bothwell...

 (Alwyno abbate de Edenb.,), who had resigned his abbacy in 1151, and by Herbert

Herbert of Selkirk

Herbert of Selkirk was a 12th century Tironensian monk, who rose to become 3rd Abbot of Selkirk-Kelso and bishop of Glasgow. While abbot of Selkirk, King David I of Scotland moved Selkirk Abbey to nearby Kelso. He was elected to the see of Glasgow soon after the death of his Bishop John, and...

, Bishop of Glasgow, who was consecrated as bishop at Auxerre

Auxerre

Auxerre is a commune in the Bourgogne region in north-central France, between Paris and Dijon. It is the capital of the Yonne department.Auxerre's population today is about 45,000...

 on 24 August 1147, meaning that the charter was issued and witnessed between these two dates.

A "S. Bishop of St Peter in Ross" was addressed by Pope Adrian IV

Pope Adrian IV

Pope Adrian IV , born Nicholas Breakspear or Breakspeare, was Pope from 1154 to 1159.Adrian IV is the only Englishman who has occupied the papal chair...

 in a Papal Bull

Papal bull

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 issued on 25 February 1155. His date of death is not known, but fell between that date in 1155 and 1161, when his successor Gregoir

Gregoir of Rosemarkie

Gregoir [Gregory, Gregorius] is the third known 12th century Bishop of Ross, an episcopal see then based at Rosemarkie. According to the Chronicle of Melrose, Gregoir was consecrated by Ernald, Bishop of St Andrews acting as a Papal legate, in 1161.He occurred in a document of Scone Abbey in...

was consecrated as bishop.