{{Short description|Bishop of St. Andrews}} {{for|other men named Patrick Graham|Patrick Graham (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Use British English|date=April 2013}} {{Infobox Christian leader | name = Patrick Graham | title = [[Archbishop of St Andrews]] | church = Roman [[Catholic Church]] | archdiocese = [[Archdiocese of St Andrews|St Andrews]] | appointed = 15 December 1465 | term_end = 9 January 1478 | predecessor = [[James Kennedy (bishop)|James Kennedy]] | successor = [[William Scheves]] | death_date = 1478 | death_place = [[Loch Leven (Kinross)|Loch Leven]], [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] | parents = Sir William Graham of Kincardine and Lady Mary Stewart | previous_post = [[Bishop of Brechin]] (1463–65) }}
'''Patrick Graham''' (died 1478) was a 15th-century [[Bishop of Brechin]] and [[Bishop of St. Andrews]]; he was also the first [[Archbishop of St. Andrews]].
He was the son of Sir William Graham of Kincardine by Lady Mary Stewart, daughter of King [[Robert III of Scotland]]. He was therefore of royal blood, and the half-brother of his predecessor as [[bishop]] of [[St Andrews|St. Andrews]], [[James Kennedy (bishop)|James Kennedy]]. Before rising to the rank of bishop, Patrick for many years controlled the [[parish church]] of [[Kinneil House#Early history|Kinneil]]. Although Patrick paid for the bishopric of Brechin, his election was acknowledged by [[Pope Pius II]], who appointed him to the [[Episcopal See|see]] sometime before 29 March 1463. However, Patrick was not long bishop of Brechin. On 4 November 1465 Patrick was translated to the bishopric of St. Andrews by [[Pope Paul II]], for which Patrick's [[proctor]], a merchant of [[Florence]] called Ricardo de Ricasolis, paid over 3300 gold [[Italian coin florin|florins]] on 29 November the same year.
Patrick became the first Archbishop of St. Andrews when a [[Papal bull|bull]] of [[Pope Sixtus IV]], dated at [[Rome]], 17 August 1472, elevated the bishopric of St. Andrews to [[Archbishop|archiepiscopal]] status. Nevertheless, Patrick's individual career was in trouble. The same Pope Sixtus IV ordered an enquiry into Patrick's conduct. He commissioned one John Huseman, [[Dean (religion)|Dean]] of the church of [[St. Patrokli, Soest|St. Patroclus]] in [[Soest, Germany|Soest]] in the [[Archbishop of Cologne|diocese of Cologne]], to investigate charges (of insanity) made against Archbishop Patrick. The result was that Archbishop Patrick was condemned to confine himself to a monastery, residing first at Inchcolm, then Dunfermline, before being imprisoned in [[Lochleven Castle]]. He was formally deposed on 9 January 1478 and died later in the year at Loch Leven. He was buried on [[St Serf's Inch|St. Serf's Inch]] in Lochleven.
==References== *[[John Dowden|Dowden, John]], ''The Bishops of Scotland'', ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
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