Saint Finan of Iona
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- Memorial
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17 February
formerly 9 February
- Profile
- Monk at Iona.
Succeeded Saint Aidan as governor of the Church in Northumbria.
Bishop of Lindesfarne in 651.
Built the cathedral, and the monasteries of Gilling and Whitby.
Opposed the replacement of the Celtic liturgy with the Roman one.
Evangelized southern England, working with Saint Cedd.
Friend of King Oswiu of Northumbria and Saint Cuthbert.
Baptized King Penda and King Saint Sigebert of the East Saxons, and brought Saint Ebbe the Elder into the Benedictines.
- Born
- in Ireland
- Died
- 9 February 661 in Ireland
- Additional Information
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Catholic Encyclopedia
Ecole Glossary
For All The Saints
Google Directory
New Catholic Dictionary
Saint Hilarion Orthodox Monastery
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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