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Died 686. Saint Bosa was a monk at Whitby, England, under Saint Hilda (f.d. November 17). In 678, he was consecrated bishop of Deira (the southern half of Northumbria, now Yorkshire) by Saint Theodore (f.d. September 19), with his see at York, when Saint Wilfrid (f.d. October 12) was driven out by King Egfrid for refusing to accept the division of his see. Wilfrid returned in 686, but Bosa took over the diocese in 691 when Wilfrid was again exiled following a quarrel with King Aldfrid; Bosa ruled it with great holiness and ability until his death. Saint Bede praises Bosa as "a man beloved by God . . . of most unusual merit and sanctity." One of his disciples was Saint Acca (f.d. October 20), who later followed and succeeded Wilfrid at Hexham (Benedictines, Delaney, Encyclopaedia, Farmer).


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