Colmán of Lindisfarne

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Colmán of Lindisfarne
Denomination Catholic
Senior posting
See Diocese of Lindisfarne
Title Bishop of Lindisfarne
Period in office 661–664
Predecessor Saint Finan
Successor Saint Tuda
Personal
Date of death February 18, 675
Saint Colmán of Lindisfarne
Born c. 605, Ireland
Died August 8, 675, Ireland
Venerated in Eastern Orthodoxy Roman Catholicism
Feast February 18
Attributes dove
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Colmán of Lindisfarne (c. 605-February 18, 675) also known as Saint Colmán was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 661 until 664.[1] 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.[2]

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  1. ^ Powicke Handbook of British Chronology p. 237
  2. ^ Walsh A New Dictionary of Saints p. 127

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Religious titles
Preceded by
Saint Finan
Bishop of Lindisfarne
661 - 664
Succeeded by
Saint Tuda
Persondata
NAME Colmán
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Bishop of Lindisfarne; Saint
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH February 18, 675
PLACE OF DEATH
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