Diuma

Diuma
Bishop of Mercia
Diocese	Diocese of Mercia
Successor	Ceollach
Orders
Consecration	aft 655
Personal details
Denomination	Catholic

Diuma (or Dwyna or Duma) was a medieval Bishop of Mercia.

Diuma was consecrated after 655 but his death date is unknown.^[1] He was an Irishman, and one of the four priests that were introduced into the kingdom of Mercia in 653 by Peada of Mercia son of Penda king of Mercia. Peada had become a Christian when he married Alhflaed, daughter of Oswiu king of Northumbria. After Penda's death, Diuma was consecrated bishop by Finan bishop of Lindisfarne, but the exact boundaries of the bishopric are unclear.^[2] Bede claims that he was bishop of the Middle Angles and the Mercians.^[3]

Notes

1. ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 220
2. ^ Stenton Anglo-Saxon England p. 120
3. ^ Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 80

References

• Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X. 
• Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-24211-8. 
• Stenton, F. M. (1971). Anglo-Saxon England (Third ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5. 

External links

• Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Diuma

Catholic Church titles
New diocese	Bishop of Mercia c. 656–c. 658	Succeeded by Ceollach

Persondata
Name	Diuma
Alternative names	Dwyna; Duma
Short description	Bishop of Mercia
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	circa 658
Place of death