Died at Durham, 664. Although the Irish monk Tuda was a staunch adherent of
the Roman practices, including the Nicean computation of the
date for Easter, he succeeded
Saint Colman
(f.d. February 18)
as
abbot-bishop of Lindisfarne, where the contrary view was held. In this
position he governed the entirety of Northumbria. Most of the Celtic usage
monks departed with Colman in 664, leaving Tuda to heal the wounds of
discord. Tuda signed the deed of dedication of the new Saint Peter's
Monastery in Mercia of which the Celtic-born Jaruman was bishop. Even though
Tuda, who died of the plague within the first year of his appointment, does
not seem to have enjoyed a public cultus, he is listed in some
martyrologies. It should be noted that Bede records his memory and that many
of the records of Lindisfarne were destroyed during the Viking invasions.
Tuda was buried in a church at Durham
(
Benedictines,
D'Arcy,
Farmer,
Montalembert).