Finan

Family: Irish Scots · Role: bishop · First appears: Book III · Chap. XXI

Life events

c. 653 · Peada was baptized by Finan together with his nobles, thegns, and servants.(Book III · Chap. XXI · 📍 At the Wall)
- With: Peada
- “Accordingly he was baptized by Bishop Finan, with all his nobles and thegns, and their servants, that came along with him, at a noted township, belonging to the king, called At the Wall.”
c. 653 · Finan ordained Diuma bishop over the Midland Angles and Mercians.(Book III · Chap. XXI)
- With: Diuma
- “Diuma, one of the aforesaid four priests, was made bishop of the Midland Angles, as also of the Mercians, being ordained by Bishop Finan”
c. 653 · Finan ordained Cedd bishop of the East Saxons.(Book III · Chap. XXII · 📍 Lindisfarne)
- With: Cedd
- “Cedd returned home, and came to the church of Lindisfarne to confer with Bishop Finan; who, finding that the work of the Gospel had prospered in his hands, made him bishop of the nation of the East Saxons”
c. 653 · Finan was ordained and succeeded Aidan as bishop.(Book III · Chap. XXV · part 1)
- “Finan, who was ordained and sent by the Scots, succeeded him in the bishopric”
c. 653 · Finan died after serving as bishop.(Book III · Chap. XXV · part 1)
- “But after the death of Finan”

pupil: Peada “Accordingly he was baptized by Bishop Finan, with all his nobles and thegns, and their servants, that came along with him”
liege: Diuma “Diuma, one of the aforesaid four priests, was made bishop of the Midland Angles, as also of the Mercians, being ordained by Bishop Finan”

pupil: Sigbert “he was baptized with them by Bishop Finan”
liege: Cedd “who, finding that the work of the Gospel had prospered in his hands, made him bishop of the nation of the East Saxons”
with Cedd (interaction) “Cedd returned home, and came to the church of Lindisfarne to confer with Bishop Finan”

enemies with Ronan “Disputing with Finan, he convinced many, or at least induced them to make a more strict inquiry after the truth; yet he could not prevail upon Finan, but, on the contrary, embittered him the more by reproof, and made him a professed opponent of the truth, for he was of a violent temper.”

Extracted from the original text of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Made with Rho MD.