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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).



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