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<p> was abbot of Melrose, and was elected in 1213, and consecrated bishop OF CAITHNESS in May, 1214, by [[William]] Malvoisine, bishop of St. Andrews. While he was abbot he was sent as ambassador to king John of England. He went-in company with Walter, bishop of Glasgow, and Bricius, bishop of Moray-to Rome in 1218, to crave absolution from the pope; and they returned in 1219. Adam i- supposed to have been cruelly murdered by the earl of [[Caithness]] in 1222. See Keith, Scottish Bishops, p. 206. </p>

<p> was abbot of Melrose, and was elected in 1213, and consecrated bishop OF CAITHNESS in May, 1214, by [[William]] Malvoisine, bishop of St. Andrews. While he was abbot he was sent as ambassador to king John of England. He went-in company with Walter, bishop of Glasgow, and Bricius, bishop of Moray-to Rome in 1218, to crave absolution from the pope; and they returned in 1219. Adam i- supposed to have been cruelly murdered by the earl of [[Caithness]] in 1222. See Keith, Scottish Bishops, p. 206. </p>

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