| Saint Bosa of York | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of York | |
| Enthroned | 678 |
| Reign ended | c 705 |
| Predecessor | Wilfrid |
| Successor | John of Beverley |
| Consecration | 678 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | unknown |
| Died | 9 March 705 |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 9 March |
Bosa (died c. 705) was a Northumbrian, educated at the great Abbey of Whitby under St. Hilda.[1] He later joined the brethren there as a monk[2] and became a noted scholar.
In 678, when Wilfrid was ejected from the Bishopric of York and banished from the Kingdom, Bosa was given his diocese over which to preside.[1] Wilfrid declared that he was unable to work with Bosa because he considered Bosa not a member of the Catholic Church.[3] His episcopate lasted nine years, but with Wilfrid back in favour in 687, Bosa was removed just like his predecessor.[1] He was returned once more in 691.[4] He is regarded as a saint, with a feast day of 9 March.[5][6] While archbishop, Bosa introduced a communal life for the clergy of the cathedral, and set up a continuous liturgy in the cathedral.[2]
He died sometime after 704, as he was still alive then.[7]
Notes
- ^ a b c Thacker "Bosa [St Bosa] (died 706)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Online Edition accessed 9 November 2007
- ^ a b Stenton Anglo Saxon England 3rd ed. p. 135-136
- ^ Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 91
- ^ Fryde Handbook of British Chronology p. 224
- ^ "St Bosa of York". Patron Saints Online. http://saints.sqpn.com/saintb1p.htm. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
- ^ "St Bosa". Catholic Online. http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1823. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
- ^ Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 120
References
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-24211-8.
- Lapidge, Michael (2001). "Bosa". in Lapidge, Michael; Blair, John; Keynes, Simon; Scragg, Donald. The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-631-22492-1.
- Stenton, F. M. (1971). Anglo-Saxon England (Third ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5.
- Thacker, Alan (2004). "Bosa (St Bosa) (d. 706)" (fee required). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2926. Accessed 9 November 2007
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| Preceded by Wilfrid |
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