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Our father of among the [[saint]]s '''Colman of LindisfameLindisfarne''' was a [[monk]] of the seven seventh century church of Scotland and Ireland and [[abbot]]/[[bishop]] of the Monastery of Lindisfame in England. He led the Celtic party at the [[Synod of Whitby]]. His stand for the Celtic rite led to his identification as the ''Last Columban Abbot of [[Lindisfarne]], Founder of Inishbofin and Mayo''. His [[feast day]] is [[February 18]].
==Life==
[[Image:0218colmanlindesfarne.jpg|thumb|alt=St Colman of Lindesfarne|St Colman of Lindesfarne]]Colman was born in Connaught, Ireland about the year 605. Little else is known of his early life. He was [[tonsure]]d a monk at the [[monastery]] at [[Iona]] during the period Segenius was abbot. He was a [[disciple]] of St. [[Columba of Iona|Columba]] and studied with his contemporaries Ss. [[Finian]] and [[Aidan of Lindisfarne|Aidan]].
After St. Finian died in 661, Colman was chosen to succeed him as the third abbot/bishop of Lindisfame. During his short episcopate Colman was noted for the example he made of frugality and simplicity of living and for the devotion of his [[clergy]] to their business of preaching the word of God and ministering to the people.
{{succession|
before=Finan|
title=Bishop of LindisfameLindisfarne|
years=661-664|
after=Tuda}}
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==Sources==
[[Category: Bishops]]
[[Category:7th-century bishops]]
[[Category: Bishops of Lindisfarne]]
[[Category: Saints]]
[[Category:Saints of the British Isles]]
[[Category:Pre-Schism Western Saints]]
[[Category: Monastics]]
[[Category: 7th-century saints]]
