Colmán 1 (Male) Bishop of Lindisfarne, 661-664; founder of Innisboffin
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Factoid List

Recorded Name (12)
... Colmani (1)
 Bede.HE  iii.27
Coleman (1)
 ASC  664 E
Colman (4)
 Bede.HE  iii.26
 Bede.HE  iv.1
 Bede.HE  v.24
 ASC  664 ACG, <664> B
Colmanus (4)
 Stephen.VitWilfridi  Cap10
 Stephen.VitWilfridi  10
 Bede.HE  iii.25
 Bede.HE  iv.4
Columbana (1)
 AnnalsUlster  676.1
Columbanus (1)
 AnnalsUlster  668.3
Personal Information (5)
moral (2)
 Bede.HE  iii.26 (Very prudent)
 Bede.HE  iii.26 (He and his predecessors had been very frugal and austere)
provenance (2)
 Bede.HE  iii.25 (He was sent from Ireland)
 Bede.HE  iv.4 (from Ireland)
psychological (1)
 Stephen.VitWilfridi  10 (with an intrepid spirit)
Office (11)
Archbishop (1)
 Anon.EpisList4    (archbishop of York)
Bishop (10)
 Stephen.VitWilfridi  10 (Metropolitan bishop of the city of York)
 Bede.HE  iii.25
 Bede.HE  iii.27
 Bede.HE  iv.4
 AnnalsUlster  668.3
 AnnalsUlster  676.1 (Bishop of Innisboffin)
 Anon.EpisList1    (bishop of Lindsey)
 Anon.EpisList2    (bishop of the isle of Lindisfarne)
 Anon.EpisList3    (bishop of Lindisfarne)
 WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  iii.126.1
Personal Relationship (2)
~ Companion (General relationship) of Colmán 1 (1)
 Anonymi 807: of Colmán 1: ASC  664 ACEG, <664> B
~ Father (Honorific kinship) of Colmán 1 (1)
 Columba 1: of Colmán 1: Bede.HE  iii.25
Event (10)
Advice/counsel (1)
 Colmán 1.returning to Ireland: Colmán 1 took those who would not accept the catholic Easter and returned to Ireland in order to discuss what he ought to do.: Bede.HE  iii.26, v.24 (664)
Appointment/consecration/elevation/ordination of abbot (1)
 Eata 2.appointment as abbot of Lindisfarne: It is said that on his departure Colmán 1 asked and obtained from Oswiu 1 that Eata 2 was appointed abbot of Lindisfarne.: Bede.HE  iii.26
Church/monastery/minster foundation/dedication/restoration (1)
 Colmán 1.foundation of church at Innisboffin: Colmán 1 founded a church at Innisboffin.: AnnalsUlster  668.3
Council-meeting, ecclesiastical (2)
 Oswiu 1-others.council of Whitby: When the question of Easter, and of the tonsure and other ecclesiastical matters were raised, it was decided to hold a council to settle the dispute.: Bede.HE  iii.25-6, iv.1 (664)
 Wilfrid 2.Synod of Whitby: Clerics (Anonymi 307) and others gathered at Streuneshalgh to consider the proper date for observing Easter. Colmán 1 was told that he must retire and leave his see if he could not accept the tonsure and method of keeping Easter, which he did.: Stephen.VitWilfridi  10
Death/dying (1)
 Colmán 1.death: Colmán 1 rested.: AnnalsUlster  676.1 (676)
Disputing/dispute-settling (1)
 Ronan 1-Finan 1.dispute over Easter date: A great and active controversy about the keeping of Easter arose.: Bede.HE  iii.25
Easter-observance (3)
 Oswiu 1-others.council of Whitby: When the question of Easter, and of the tonsure and other ecclesiastical matters were raised, it was decided to hold a council to settle the dispute.: Bede.HE  iii.25-6, iv.1 (664)
 Ronan 1-Finan 1.dispute over Easter date: A great and active controversy about the keeping of Easter arose.: Bede.HE  iii.25
 Wilfrid 2.Synod of Whitby: Clerics (Anonymi 307) and others gathered at Streuneshalgh to consider the proper date for observing Easter. Colmán 1 was told that he must retire and leave his see if he could not accept the tonsure and method of keeping Easter, which he did.: Stephen.VitWilfridi  10
Journey (4)
 Colmán 1-others.journey to Ireland: Colmán 1 took with him all the Irish (Anonymi 653) whom he had gathered together at Lindisfarne. He also took about 30 English men (Anonymi 654) and first went to Iona.: Bede.HE  iv.4
 Colmán 1.journey to Innisboffin: Colmán 1 voyaged to Innisboffin with relics of the saints.: AnnalsUlster  668.3
 Colmán 1.journey with Anonymi 807 to native land: Colmán 1 went with his companions (Anonymi 807) to his native land.: ASC  664 ACEG, <664> B (664)
 Colmán 1.returning to Ireland: Colmán 1 took those who would not accept the catholic Easter and returned to Ireland in order to discuss what he ought to do.: Bede.HE  iii.26, v.24 (664)
Relics-collecting/depositing/granting (1)
 Colmán 1.journey to Innisboffin: Colmán 1 voyaged to Innisboffin with relics of the saints.: AnnalsUlster  668.3
Reporting (1)
 Eata 2.appointment as abbot of Lindisfarne: It is said that on his departure Colmán 1 asked and obtained from Oswiu 1 that Eata 2 was appointed abbot of Lindisfarne.: Bede.HE  iii.26
Retirement (1)
 Wilfrid 2.Synod of Whitby: Clerics (Anonymi 307) and others gathered at Streuneshalgh to consider the proper date for observing Easter. Colmán 1 was told that he must retire and leave his see if he could not accept the tonsure and method of keeping Easter, which he did.: Stephen.VitWilfridi  10
Tonsuring (1)
 Oswiu 1-others.council of Whitby: When the question of Easter, and of the tonsure and other ecclesiastical matters were raised, it was decided to hold a council to settle the dispute.: Bede.HE  iii.25-6, iv.1 (664)