Archbishop of St Andrews

There had been a monastery there since the 8th century. It was probably taken over by Céli Dé (Culdees) monks in the 9th or 10th centuries, and these survive into the 14th century. It is the Gaelic abbey, rather than the continental priory, that the abbot was in charge of; the importance of the Céli Dé abbey has come down into the modern era in the street names of St. Andrews. Only a few abbots are known. It is often thought that the position of Abbot and Bishop were the same until the Norman era, but clear evidence for this is lacking. ==List of known bishops==

The pre-11th century "bishop of the Scots" may have had no fixed seat before finally settling at St Andrews. ==List of archbishops==

The bishopric of St Andrews was elevated into an archbishopric in 1472 by Pope Sixtus IV. The Scottish church broke with Rome in the Scottish Reformation of 1560. ==See also==