Snow Kirk

The Snow Kirk in Old Aberdeen was a small but important church in Scottish history.

This tiny church was named after Santa Maria Maggiore de Nives (St Mary of the Snows) in Rome and was under the control of a local Carmelite friary.

[1] Originally a parish church, it was merged in 1499 with St Machar's Cathedral and lost its parochial status.

Whilst Catholic sympathies survived in the Scottish aristocracy, Catholicism was illegal until the start of the 19th century.

Evidence of Catholic affiliation is limited to two bishops (this grave is very prominent) but the majority of burials are clearly Protestant.