Colman of Lindisfarne (died February 18, 675) also known as Saint Colman was Bishop of Lindisfarne from 661 until 664. Colman resigned the Bishopric of Lindisfarne after the Synod of Whitby called by King Oswiu of Northumbria decided to calculate Easter using the Roman Catholic method instead of his preferred Celtic method.

After his resignation he lived on the Inishbofin in Donegal where he founded a monastery.

He is one of the six patron saints of sufferers of rheumatism.

External links

• Early British Kingdoms
• Catholic Encyclopedia article

675 deaths | Anglo-Saxon saints | Bishops of Lindisfarne | Irish saints | Roman Catholic monks