Finan of Lindisfarne

Finan of Lindisfarne (died 17 February 661), also known as Saint Finan, was an Irish monk, trained at Iona in Scotland, who became Bishop of Lindisfarne from 651 until 661.^[1] Originally from Ireland, he founded a cathedral on Lindisfarne and converted the kings Sigebert of Essex^[2] and Peada of the Middle Angles to Christianity.^[3] Bede is the main source for Finan's life.^[2]

Finan was active for some time at a monastery on Church Island on Lough Currane in County Kerry; today it is known as St. Finan's Church. To the south of the lake is Inis Uasal (Noble Island), an island which is dedicated to him.^[4]

Notes

References

• Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-24211-8. 
• 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 0-8601-2438-X

External links

• Ecclesiastical History of the English People, Book 1, L.C. Jane's 1903 Temple Classics translation. From the Internet Medieval Sourcebook.
• Bede's Ecclesiastical History and the Continuation of Bede (pdf), at CCEL, edited & translated by A.M. Sellar.
• Saint Finan at the Catholic Encyclopedia
• Catholic Online Saints and Angels
• Patron Saints Index
• Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Finan