absolution from Pope Honorius III for the sentence of excommunication imposed on King Alexander II and the whole Kingdom of Scotland. This second visit to Rome is mentioned in Scottish sources, and confirmed by Papal records . The latter record that Bricius had solemnly denied practicing divine offices during the interdict. Bricius, however, found his episcopate in disrepute. Church records indicate that the Archdeacon and Chancellor of Moray reported Bricius' corrupt behaviour, including over-taxing his flock, dissolving lawful marriages for payment, tolerating unlawful ones for payment and taking procurations without the appropriate visitations, and spending a good deal of the proceeds on the services of women. On 30 January 1219, Pope Honorius III instructed the abbots of Cupar Angus, Scone and Dunfermline to investigate these claims. The results are not known. He died in the year 1222, and was succeeded by Andreas de Moravia. Certain histories refer to "St Brice" in reference to this bishop. This however is almost certainly a case of misidentification with St Brice, Archbishop of Tours, a Gallo-Roman cleric and protégé of Saint Martin of Tours. Citations General and cited deferences Dowden, John, The Bishops of Scotland, ed. J. Maitland Thomson, (Glasgow, 1912) Fawcett, Richard & Oram, Richard, Elgin Cathedral and the Diocese of Moray, Historic Scotland (Edinburgh, 2014), , Fraser, Sir William. The Douglas Book IV Vols. Edinburgh, 1885. Maxwell, Sir Herbert, A History of the House of Douglas, II vols. (London, 1902) Tabraham, Chris, ed. Elgin Cathedral (Historic Scotland, 1999) 1222 deaths 12th-century births 13th-century Scottish Roman Catholic bishops Bishops of Moray House of Douglas and Angus Medieval Gaels from Scotland People from South Lanarkshire Scottish priors