Andreas or Aindréas of Caithness († 1184) is the first known
bishop of Caithness and a source for the author of
de Situ Albanie. Aindréas was a
native Scot, and very likely came from a prominent family in
Gowrie, or somewhere in this part of
Scotland. He was a prominent landowner in Gowrie,
Angus and
Fife, and it is likely that he was a brother of one Eógan "of Monorgan", another Gowrie landlord. At some stage in his career, he was a monk of
Dunfermline Abbey (see below), though it is not known if this was before or during his period as bishop of Caithness.
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