jing granted to G od and St. Andrew, that it ihould be the head
■ mother of all the churches in his dominions*. This was the
who firft direfted that the crofs of St. Andrew ihould belie
the badge of the country. In 518, after theconqueft of the
i he removed the epifcopal fee to St. Andrew's, and the bilhop
jsftyled, maximus Scotorum epifcopus. In 1441 it was ereéted into
larchbilhoprick, by Sextus IV. at the interceffion of James III.
pi 1606 the priory was fuppreffed, and the power of ele&ion, in
I17, transferred to eight biihops, the principal of St. Leonard’s
lege, the archdeacon, the vicars of St. Andrew’s, Leuchars, and
mar.
■he cathedral was founded, in 1161, by bilhop Arnold, but
|ny years elapfed till it attained its full magnificence, it not be-
completed before 1318. Its length, from eaft to weft, was
Irte hundred and feventy feet ; of the tranfept three hundred,
nd twenty-two. Of this fuperb pile nothing remains but part of
•he eaft and weft ends, and of the Ibuth fide. With fuch. fuccefs
[expedition did facrilege effeft its ruin.
Jfear the eaft end is the chapel of St. Regulies, a lingular edifice.
% tower is a lofty equilateral quadrangle, of twenty feet each
% and a hundred and three high. The body of the chapel re-
pi but the two fide-chapels are ruined. The arches of the
Bows and doors are round, fome even form more than femi-
I® ; a .proof of the antiquity : but I cannot admit Hergufius,
I pom it is attributed, to have been the founder.
W priory was founded by Alexander I. in 1122, and the monks
* Camden, 1233,
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