Tuda of Lindisfarne | |
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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]
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]