Colmán of Lindisfarne

"St. Colman" redirects here. For other uses, see St. Colman (disambiguation).

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 Ireland
Died	18 February 675 Ireland
Denomination	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

1. ^ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 237
2. ^ Wallace, Martin. A Little book of Celtic Saints Belfast: Appletree Press, 1995, ISBN 0-86281-456-1, p.59
3. ^ 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

External links

• Catholic Encyclopedia article
• Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Colmán

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Finan	Bishop of Lindisfarne 661–664	Succeeded by Tuda

Persondata
Name	Colmán
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Lindisfarne; Saint
Date of birth	605
Place of birth
Date of death	18 February, 675
Place of death