Jocelin, Bishop
Jocelin, Bishop
Profile Cistercian monk at Melrose abbey during the abbacy of Saint Waltheof of Melrose . Prior of Melrose . Fourth abbot of Melrose in 1170 . Bishop of Glasgow , Scotland on 23 May 1174 . Worked to keep the Church in Scotland independent of the control of the archdioceses in England , and was supported in this by the Vatican. Travelled extensively and served as chaplain in the royal court of Scotland . Author and supporter of writers in his day; he commissioned the works Life of Saint Waltheof , Life of Saint Kentigern , and Chronical of Melrose .
Born c.1135 in the Scottish border area
Died 17 March 1199 at Melrose Abbey of natural causes; interred in the choir of the abbey church
Works The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick
Life and Acts of Saint Patrick