Tuda of Lindisfarne (died 664), also known as Saint Tuda, was appointed to succeed Colman as

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. He served for less than a year. Although raised in

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, he was a staunch supporter of

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practices, being tonsured in the Roman manner and celebrating Easter according to the Roman

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.Monks of Ramsgate. “Tuda”. ''Book of Saints'', 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 October 2016
/ref> However, he was consecrated as bishop in Ireland.Kirby ''Earliest English Kings'' pp. 87–88

Life

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.Miles, George. ''The bishops of Lindisfarne, Hexham, Chester-le-Street, and Durham, A.D. 635-1020'', W. Gardner, Darton & Co., London, 1898
/ref>Catholic Online Saints and Angels St. Tuda
accessed on 28 August 2007Mayr-Harting ''Coming of Christianity'' p. 111 Tuda had been educated in the south of Ireland. Tuda became bishop in 664 and died in that same year.Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 219 The ''

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'' (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. Tuda's

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is 21 October.

Citations

References

Catholic Online Saints and Angels St. Tuda
accessed on 28 August 2007 * * *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tuda 664 deaths Northumbrian saints Bishops of Lindisfarne 7th-century English bishops 7th-century deaths from plague (disease) Irish Christian monks 7th-century Christian saints 7th-century Irish bishops Medieval Irish saints Irish expatriates in England Year of birth unknown