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COLMAN, SAINT (d. 676)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 695 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COLMAN, See also:SAINT (d. 676) , See also:bishop of Lindisfarne, was probably an Irish See also:monk at See also:Iona. Journeying southwards he became bishop of Lindisfarne in 661, and a favoured friend of See also:Oswio, See also:king of See also:Northumbria. He was at the See also:synod of See also:Whitby in 664, when the See also:great dispute between the See also:Roman and the See also:Celtic parties in the See also:church was considered; as spokesman of the latter party he upheld the Celtic usages, but King Oswio decided against him and his cause was lost. After this event Colman and some monks went to Iona and then to See also:Ireland. He settled on the See also:island of Inishbofin, where he built a monastery and where he died on the 8th of See also:August 676. Colman must be distinguished from St Colman of See also:Cloyne (c. 522–600), an Irish saint, who became a See also:Christian about 570; and also from another Irishman, St Colman Ela (553–610), a kinsman of St See also:Columba. The word Colman is derived from the Latin See also:columbus, a See also:dove, and the See also:Book of See also:Leinster mentions 209 See also:saints of this name.

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