Finan of Lindisfarne
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Finan of Lindisfarne (died February 17, 661), also known as Saint Finan, was an Irish monk, trained at Iona in Scotland, who became Bishop of Lindisfarne from 651 until 661. Originally from Ireland, he founded a cathedral on Lindisfarne and converted the kings Sigebert of Essex and Peada of the Middle Angles to Christianity. Bede is the main source for Finan's life.
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| Preceded by: Saint Aidan |
Bishop of Lindisfarne 651 - 661 |
Succeeded by: Saint Colmán |
[edit] 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
- Early British Kingdoms
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