Diuma [1] ( born Diuma ; died in 658 ) - the medieval bishop of Mercia , the holy Catholic Church (days of remembrance - May 5 and December 7 ).
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Biography
Diuma was ordained bishop after 655 , but the exact date is unknown [2] . Irish descent, together with Sedd , Betty and Add, Saint Dium was sent to Mercia in the year 653 to Pede Mersiysk , son of Penda , king of Mercia . Peda was baptized when he married Elfled, the daughter of Oswiu , king of Northumbria . After the death of Penda Dium, he was ordained to the rank of bishop of Mercia and Central England by holy Finan , bishop of Lindisfarne . The exact boundaries of his diocese are unclear [3] . Menology of the XI century reports that Diuma is buried in Charlbury .
Notes
- ↑ Also Dvina ( eng. Dwyna ), Duma ( eng. Duma ), Dimma ( eng. Dimma ), Dima ( eng. Dima ).
- ↑ Fryde. Handbook of British Chronology . p. 220
- ↑ Stenton. Anglo-Saxon England . Third Edition. p. 120
Literature
- Fryde, EB Handbook of British Chronology. - Third Edition, revised. - Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. - ISBN 0-521-56350-X .
- Stenton, FM Anglo-Saxon England Third Edition Oxford: Oxford University Press 1971 ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5