{{Short description|Scottish Roman Catholic bishop (d. 1386)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} '''Stephen de Pa''' († 2 March 1386) was [[Prior (ecclesiastical)|Prior]] and, briefly, [[Bishop of St. Andrews|Bishop-elect of St. Andrews]]. He was elected to succeed [[William de Landallis]] as Bishop after the latter's death on 23 September 1385. He was never [[Consecration|consecrated]], because while on his way to [[continental Europe]] to receive confirmation and consecration by the Pope, carrying a commendation from King [[Robert II of Scotland]] and a decree of the election, he was captured by English [[pirate]]s. He was kept prisoner in [[England]] while his captors demanded a ransom. Stephen however did not want his church burdened with such a payment and chose to remain in that country. Moreover, he fell ill soon after his capture and subsequently died at [[Alnwick]] on 2 March 1386.
==References== *[[John Dowden|Dowden, John]], ''The Bishops of Scotland'', ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912)
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