Bosa of York

Infobox Bishop of York
name =Saint Bosa of York


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consecration = 678
began = 678
term_end = 705
predecessor = Wilfrid
successor = John of Beverley
birth_date = "unknown"
death_date=9 March 705
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feast_day= 9 March
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Bosa (died 9 March 705) was a Northumbrian, educated at the great Abbey of Whitby under St. Hilda.Thacker "Bosa [St Bosa] (died 706)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2926 Online Edition] accessed 9 November 2007] He later joined the brethren there as a monkStenton "Anglo Saxon England" 3rd ed. p. 135-136] and became a noted scholar.

In 678, when Wilfrid was ejected from the Bishopric of York and banished from the Kingdom, Bosa was given his diocese over which to preside. His episcopate lasted nine years, but with Wilfrid back in favour in 687, Bosa was removed just like his predecessor. He was returned once more in 691.Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 224] He is regarded as a saint, with a feast day of 9 March. [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1823 Catholic Online entry on St. Bosa] accessed on 12 September 2007] While archbishop, Bosa introduced a communal life for the clergy of the cathedral, and set up a continuous liturgy in the cathedral.

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References

* [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1823 Catholic Online entry on St. Bosa] accessed on 12 September 2007
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* Stenton, F. M. "Anglo-Saxon England" Third Edition Oxford:Oxford University Press 1971 ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5
* Thacker, Alan "Bosa [St Bosa] (d. 706)" "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography" Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2926 Online Edition] accessed 9 November 2007
* Urdang, Laurence. "Holidays and Anniversaries of the World". Detroit:Gale Research Company, 1985. ISBN 0-8103-1546-7.

External links

* [http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintb1p.htm Bosa of York at Patron Saint Index]
* [http://www.pase.ac.uk/pase/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?personKey=12975 Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Bosa]

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