On 10 February 1306 Robert Bruce met John Comyn the Red, his rival for Scottish leadership, in the Greyfriars Church at Dumfries and stabbed him to death before the high altar. The killing of Comyn — whether premeditated or the result of a quarrel — ended any chance of peaceful settlement and committed Bruce irrevocably to open rebellion. The sacrilegious killing in a church caused Bruce's excommunication but also removed his most dangerous domestic rival and forced a decision: revolt or submission. Bruce chose revolt.
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