Perth: Street by Street is an architectural, archaeological, geographical, historical, and visual journey around the city of Perth’s c.630 streets, avenues, closes, roads, and vennels. Drawing on a range of disciplines, Perth: Street by Street will appeal both to those readers interested in the history and life of Perth, and to anyone who has lived, worked, or spent time in Scotland’s Fair City. For the people of Perth and those who hail from St John’s Town, the book will be particularly poignant. Within its pages, readers may find their own homes, place of birth, workplaces, schools, favourite shops, and the public architecture and civic backdrop which form a part of their everyday existence. The book is available online from Amazon and other internet retailers, and from the following bookshops: Waterstones (Perth), WHSmith (Perth), Sweet Words (Dunkeld), as well as from Gloagburn Farm Shop by Tibbermore.
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St. John of Dunkeld
"St John of Dunkeld was unusual among Scottish saints in that he originally came from the village of Podock in England. He became Archdeacon of St Andrews, and when the see became vacant the Chapter chose him as their next bishop. This action infuriated the King (William the Lion) who had proposed his own personal chaplain, Hugo. Wielding his royal power, William banished Bishop John from St Andrews and installed Hugo.
In due course John made his way to Rome and put forward his grievances to the Pope who supported John’s claims and sent him back to Scotland with a Nuncio to enforce his position. King William was unmoved and a bitter dispute continued for some years with the Pope at one point threatening to lay the whole of Scotland under an interdict. Eventually the Bishop of Dunkeld died and showing a nice sense of compromise the Pope and the King both agreed that John should be the new Bishop of Dunkeld.
While at Dunkeld, John petitioned the Pope to allow him to remove the province of Argyll from the Diocese of Dunkeld and set it up as a new bishopric as “the people thereof only speak Irish” (Gaelic). He proposed his own chaplain, Eraldus, as the new Bishop as he was also a Gaelic speaker.
Pope Alexander was much impressed. “It is the study of others to enlarge their bounds and livings, not caring how it goeth with the people; and here is one that requesteth his benefice may be parted into two. Oh how few bishops are now in the Christian world so disposed!” Not a very flattering commentary on the general morality of bishops of these times.
Bishop John died on July 13th 1203. He was canonised after his death"
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