Feast April 1
Saint Gilbert de Moravia
Bishop, patron of Diocese of Dornoch · Feast April 1
Biography
Gilbert de Moravia, later known as Saint Gilbert of Dornoch, or Gilbert of Caithness, was the most famous Bishop of Caithness and founder of Dornoch Cathedral. His name may suggest that he came from the semi-Gaelicized family of Flemish origin who were Lords of Duffus, and who during Gilbert's episcopate would create the Earldom of Sutherland under Gilbert's possible cousin, William de Moravia, 1st Earl of Sutherland.
Feast day
April 1
Patronage
- Diocese of Dornoch
Death date
1245
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
4
Wikidata qid
Q5561307
Feast day of month
1
