Jaruman

Jaruman
Bishop of Mercia
Elected	662
Term ended	669
Predecessor	Trumhere
Successor	Chad of Mercia
Personal details
Died	669

Jaruman (or Jarumann; died 669) was the fourth Bishop of Mercia. ^[1] He fought against apostasy outside his diocese. ^[2] He served as bishop in the time of King Wulfhere of Mercia, on whose behalf he undertook several missions to Saxon tribes which had returned to paganism. ^[3] He probably originated in Ireland but was educated at Lindisfarne.

Some Tolkien scholars suggest that Jaruman's name was the inspiration for that of Saruman in The Lord of the Rings .^{[ citation needed ]}

Citations

1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 220
2. Stenton Anglo-Saxon England p. 130
3. Mayr-Harting Coming of Christianity p. 117

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.
• Mayr-Harting, Henry (1991). The Coming of Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN   0-271-00769-9.
• Stenton, F. M. (1971). Anglo-Saxon England (Third ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0-19-280139-5.

External links

• Jarumann 1 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England

Christian titles
Preceded by Thumere	Bishop of Mercia 662–669	Succeeded by Chad of Mercia as Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey People