Colmán of Lindisfarne
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Colmán of Lindisfarne Bishop of Lindisfarne See Diocese of Lindisfarne Appointed 661 Reign ended resigned 664 Predecessor Saint Finan Successor Saint Tuda Personal details Born c. 605
IrelandDied 18 February 675
IrelandDenomination Catholic Sainthood Feast day 18 February Venerated in Eastern Orthodoxy Roman Catholicism Colmán of Lindisfarne (c. 605 – 18 February 675) also known as Saint Colmán was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 661 until 664.[1] He succeeded Aidan and Finan.[2] Colman resigned the Bishopric of Lindisfarne after the Synod of Whitby called by King Oswiu of Northumbria decided to calculate Easter using the method of the First Ecumenical Council instead of his preferred Celtic method. After his resignation he retired to live on the island of Inishbofin in Galway where he founded a monastery.[3]
Notes
- ^ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 237
- ^ Wallace, Martin. A Little book of Celtic Saints Belfast: Appletree Press, 1995, ISBN 0-86281-456-1, p.59
- ^ Walsh A New Dictionary of Saints p. 127
References
- Patron Saints Index accessed on 28 August 2007
- Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde Handbook of British Chronology 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961
- Walsh, Michael A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West London: Burns & Oats 2007 ISBN 0-86012-438-X
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Catholic Church titles Preceded by
FinanBishop of Lindisfarne
661–664Succeeded by
TudaModern titular bishops Victor Guazzelli • John Arnold
Categories:- Bishops of Lindisfarne
- 7th-century bishops
- 605 births
- 675 deaths
- 7th-century Irish people
- 7th-century Christian saints
- Medieval Irish saints
- Northumbrian saints
- Medieval Gaels
- People from County Galway
- Irish expatriates in the United Kingdom
- British saint stubs
- British bishop stubs
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