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Finan of Lindisfarne, also known as Saint Finan, was an Irish monk, trained at Iona Abbey in Scotland, who became the second Bishop of Lindisfarne from 651 until 661.
Colmán of Lindisfarne also known as Saint Colmán was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 661 until 664.
Tuda of Lindisfarne, 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. However, he was consecrated as bishop in Ireland.
Eata, also known as Eata of Lindisfarne, was Bishop of Hexham from 678 until 681, and of then Bishop of Lindisfarne from before 681 until 685. He then was translated back to Hexham where he served until his death in 685 or 686. He was the first native of Northumbria to occupy the bishopric of Lindisfarne.
Eadberht of Lindisfarne, also known as Saint Eadberht, was Bishop of Lindisfarne, England, from 688 until his death on 6 May 698. He is notable as having founded the holy shrine to his predecessor Saint Cuthbert on the island of Lindisfarne, a place that was to become a centre of great pilgrimage in later years.
Æthelwold of Lindisfarne was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 721 until 740.
Aldhun of Durham, also known as Ealdhun, was the last Bishop of Lindisfarne and the first Bishop of Durham. He was of "noble descent".
Higbald of Lindisfarne was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 780 or 781 until his death on 25 May 803. Little is known about his life except that he was a regular communicator with Alcuin of York; it is in his letters to Alcuin that Higbald described in graphic detail the Viking raid on Lindisfarne on 8 June 793 in which many of his monks were killed.
Ecgred of Lindisfarne was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 830 until his death in 845.
Eanbert of Lindisfarne was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 845 until 854. He was the penultimate bishop to reside at Lindisfarne, which by this time was regularly being invaded by Vikings.
Eardulf of Lindisfarne was Bishop of Lindisfarne for 46 years between 854, following the death of his predecessor, and his own death in 899. He was chiefly responsible for removing the remains of St Cuthbert from Lindisfarne to protect them from Viking invasions, eventually resettling them in Chester-le-Street and temporarily running the see from there.
Cutheard of Lindisfarne was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 899 to around 915, although the see was administered from Chester-le-Street.
Tilred of Lindisfarne was Bishop of Lindisfarne between around 915 and until his death around 925.
Uchtred of Lindisfarne was appointed as Bishop of Lindisfarne perhaps around 942. His death date is unknown.
Sexhelm of Lindisfarne was Bishop of Lindisfarne for six months, but the year is unknown.
Aldred of Lindisfarne was Bishop of Lindisfarne, perhaps dying around 968.
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References
- 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.
