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3 unusual facts about George Learmond


George Learmond

Following the resignation of Robert Harwor he was nominated Prior of Pluscarden by King James IV of Scotland in March 1509.

It was not to last, however: he was plucked from the cloister on May 20, 1529 when Pope Clement VII appointed him colleague and successor to Bishop Gavin Dunbar, although Learmonth predeceased the Bishop of Aberdeen, dying on March 18, 1531.

George Learmond (or Learmonth) (c. 1478–1531) was a Scottish Benedictine who was Prior of Pluscarden and almost Bishop of Aberdeen.



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