What key details about simon of dunblane can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: simon -lrb- d. 1194 1198 -rrb- is the third known 12th century bishop of dunblane . nothing is known of simon 's background as there are numerous simons in scotland in this period , both native and foreign . there is a '' symon de liberatione '' who witnessed a charter of king william the lion and whom watt and murray suggested may have been the later bishop of dunblane , while there was in the same decade a local landholder and ecclesiastical patron in the diocese of dunblane called simon son of mac bethad . simon 's name occurs as bishop of dunblane alongside simon de tosny , bishop of moray , and hugh , bishop of st andrews , in a charter dated to 1178 , though watt and murray believed at this stage he was only bishop-elect . this is because two unnamed scottish bishops were consecrated at the third lateran council in march 1179 , and candidates for these bishops are otherwise short in supply . he witnessed a charter of king william to arbroath abbey datable between 1178 and september 1184 . he witnessed a charter of melrose abbey datable to between 1180 and 1198 . he issued his own charter to arbroath abbey between 1189 and 1196 , in which he gave certain rights pertaining to the church of abernethy to the abbey . his issued a charter around 1190 granting the church of inchaffray to '' isaac and his successors '' , isaac being one of the pre-augustinian monks . his last appearance is as a witness to a charter of gille brigte , mormaer of strathearn , to what became inchaffray abbey , dated to either 1194 or 1195 . his successor jonathan appears as bishop in an arbroath document which must have been issued between 1194 and march 1198 .
- title is bishop of dunblane- see is diocese of dunblane- type is bishop- term is 1168 1178 & ndash ; 1195 1198- consecration is unknown- successor is jonathan- church is roman catholic church- death date is 1194 1198- predecessor is laurence- birth date is unknown- name is simon- birth place is unknown