Finan of Lindisfarne

Finan of Lindisfarne († 661 ) was, like his predecessor, an Irish monk in Iona, before he came to the monastery of Lindisfarne.

He did not live according to the Rule of St.. Benedict, but according to the St.. Columba of Iona. He was also a staunch advocate of the Celtic rite in the Church and kept in Easter dispute the Celtic traditions of his church, despite the intervention of Rome in.

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After his election as bishop in 651, he built on Lindisfarne spent the cathedral after the Irish tradition of oak logs with a thatched roof back on, which he dedicated to St. Peter. To 653 he baptized Peada, king of Mercia, along with his entire court and shortly thereafter Sigeberht, the King of Essex. He sent missionaries to Mercia and Essex. Soon after, he consecrated a bishop Cedd of Essex and the Irish Diuma bishop of Middle Anglia and Mercia. Venerable Bede described him as an outstanding church leaders and praised his contributions to the Christianization of the Anglo-Saxon peoples.

After his death on 9 February 17 or 661, he was buried in the cathedral built by him in Lindisfarne.

His feast day is February 17.

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