Eata of Hexham

Eata of Hexham
Eata of Hexham
Bishop of Hexham
	Eata is the central image
Appointed	678
Term ended	681
Predecessor	Trumbert
Successor	John of Beverley
Other post(s)	Bishop of Lindisfarne (682-685); of Bernicia (678-682); Abbot of Melrose
Personal details
Died	685 or 686; Hexham
Denomination	Catholic
Sainthood
Feast day	26 October

Eata (died 26 October 686), also known as Eata of Lindisfarne, was Bishop of Hexham from 678 until 681,^[1] and of then Bishop of Lindisfarne from before 681 until 685.^[2] He then was translated back to Hexham where he served until his death in 685 or 686.^[1] He was the first native of Northumbria to occupy the bishopric of Lindisfarne.

^ ^a ^b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 217
^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 219

[Handbook217-1] Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 217

[Handbook219-2] Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 219

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