Finan of Lindisfarne

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Finan of Lindisfarne
Bishop of Lindisfarne
See	Diocese of Lindisfarne
Enthroned	651
Ended	661
Predecessor	Saint Aidan
Successor	Saint Colmán
Died	February 17, 661
Denomination	Catholic

Finan of Lindisfarne
Born	Ireland
Died	February 17, 661, Ireland
Feast	February 17, February 9
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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.^[1] 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.^[2]

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[edit] References

• 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

[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
• Catholic Online Saints and Angels
• Patron Saints Index
• Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England entry for Finan

Religious titles
Preceded by Saint Aidan	Bishop of Lindisfarne 651 - 661	Succeeded by Saint Colmán

Persondata
NAME	Finan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Bishop of Lindisfarne; Saint
DATE OF BIRTH
PLACE OF BIRTH
DATE OF DEATH	February 17, 661
PLACE OF DEATH