St. Diuma, Bishop of the Mercians and Middle Anglians (Dimma, Dima)

7 December

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Died 658; feast day may actually be on May 5. Saint Diuma, often thought to be a woman because of the form of his name, was an Irish or Scottish priest, who was sent with Saints Cedd (f.d. October 26), Betti, and Adda by Bishop Saint Finan of Lindisfarne (f.d. February 17) to evangelize the Mercians following the baptism of Peada, son of their king, Penda. The Venerable Bede (f.d. May 25) records that their apostolate was extremely successful. Following Penda's death and the ascension of the Christian Oswiu to the throne in 654, Diuma was consecrated bishop of the Mercians and Middle Angles by Finan. An 11th-century menology records the Diuma was buried at Charlbury (Oxon.) (Benedictines, Farmer).

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