Event: Appointment/consecration/elevation/ordination of abbot, Reporting
Eata 2
.appointment as abbot of Lindisfarne
Asserted in:
Bede.HE
iii.26
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Scholarly Info
Description
It is said that on his departure
Colmán 1
asked and obtained from
Oswiu 1
that
Eata 2
was appointed abbot of Lindisfarne.
Primary Source Info
Persons associated with this Event:
Recipient
:
Eata 2
(
Saint; bishop of Hexham, 678?681, 685?685/686; bishop of Lindisfarne, ?x681?685/686
)
(Other)
:
Colmán 1
(
Bishop of Lindisfarne, 661-664; founder of Innisboffin
)
(Other)
:
Oswiu 1
(
King of the Bernicians, 642-; of the Northumbrians, 651-675
) : He greatly loved
Colmán 1
and granted him the favour he had asked.