St Mary’s Abbey, Melrose is a partly ruined monastery of the Cistercian order in Melrose, Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. It was founded in 1136 by Cistercian monks on the request of King David I of Scotland.
Alexander II. and other Scottish kings and nobles are buried at the abbey. A lead container believed to hold the embalmed heart of Robert the Bruce was found in 1921 below the Chapter House siteI.
In 1812 a stone coffin was discovered in one of the ships of the southern sanctuary, is speculated about, that it belongs to the philosopher and “wizard” Michael Scotus.
Alexander II. and other Scottish kings and nobles are buried at the abbey. A lead container believed to hold the embalmed heart of Robert the Bruce was found in 1921 below the Chapter House siteI.
In 1812 a stone coffin was discovered in one of the ships of the southern sanctuary, is speculated about, that it belongs to the philosopher and “wizard” Michael Scotus.
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