Tuda of Lindisfarne
Tuda of Lindisfarne | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Lindisfarne | |
| Appointed | 664 |
| Term ended | 664 |
| Predecessor | Colmán |
| Successor | Eata of Hexham |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 664 |
| Denomination | Christian |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 21 October |
Tuda of Lindisfarne (died 664), also known as Saint Tuda, was appointed to succeed Colman as Bishop of Lindisfarne. He served for less than a year. Although raised in Ireland, he was a staunch supporter of Roman practices, being tonsured in the Roman manner and celebrating Easter according to the Roman Computus.[1] However, he was consecrated as bishop in Ireland.[2]
Life
[edit]Upon Colman's departure from Lindisfarne, he requested the king to appoint Abbot Eata of Melrose Abbey as his successor as Abbot of Lindisfarne. Tuda was appointed bishop of the Northumbrians.[3][4][5] Tuda had been educated in the south of Ireland.
Tuda became bishop in 664 and died in that same year.[6] The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (in its entry for 656) includes a 664 charter for the minster of Medhamsted, or Peter-borough, which lists Tuda as among the consecrators.
The same Chronicle for the year 664 records that Tuda was one of many who died in the plague of that year.[1]
Tuda's feast day is 21 October.[4]
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b Monks of Ramsgate. “Tuda”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 October 2016
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Kirby Earliest English Kings pp. 87–88
- ^ Miles, George. The bishops of Lindisfarne, Hexham, Chester-le-Street, and Durham, A.D. 635-1020, W. Gardner, Darton & Co., London, 1898
- ^ a b Catholic Online Saints and Angels St. Tuda accessed on 28 August 2007
- ^ Mayr-Harting Coming of Christianity p. 111
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 219
References
[edit]- Catholic Online Saints and Angels St. Tuda accessed on 28 August 2007
- 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.
- Mayr-Harting, Henry (1991). The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 0-271-00769-9.
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