The Cathedral of St Andrew is a ruined cathedral in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland. It was built in 1158 and became the centre of the Medieval Catholic Church in Scotland as the seat of the Archdiocese of
East tower of St Andrews Cathedral and St Rule's Tower
William de Lamberton, Bishop of St Andrews who rebuilt and dedicated the cathedral in 1318
St Rule's Tower and remains of Eastern wall of later Cathedral, as seen from the former courtyard on 12 June 2023
Recent view of the St Rule's Tower, remains of Eastern wall of later Cathedral, and the graveyard beneath, 10 October 2022.
The Scottish Reformation was the process whereby Scotland broke away from the Catholic Church, and established the Protestant Church of Scotland. It forms part of the wider European 16th-century Prote
St Andrews Cathedral
…of St Andrews and the Bishops and Archbishops of St Andrews. It fell into disuse and ruin after the Catholic mass was outlawed during the 16th-century Scottish Reformation. It is a monument in the custody of Historic Environment Scotland. The ruins indicate that the building was approximately 119 m (390 ft) long, and is…
Henry Wardlaw (died 1440), Bishop of St Andrews, royal tutor and adviser, founder of The University of St Andrews and key figure in fighting Lollardy
A mid-16th-century oak panel carving from a house in Dundee
Portrait of Hector Boece (1465–1536), a major figure in European humanism, who returned to be the first principal of the University of Aberdeen
The Martyrs' Monument at Saint Andrews commemorates Protestants executed before the Reformation: Patrick Hamilton, Walter Milne, Henry Forrest and George Wishart.