Finan of Lindisfarne

Saint Finan was an Irish monk, trained at Iona Abbey in Scotland, and the second bishop of Lindisfarne, from 651 until his death in 661. He is commemorated on 17 February, and in other lists on 9 February. The Catholic Church honours him as a saint.

He died on 10 or 17 February 661. In his time the cathedral at Lindisfarne was built. He brought to the faith the kings Sigeberht II of Essex and Peada of Mercia. The work of Saint Bede the Venerable, the Ecclesiastical History of the English People, is the main historical source about his life.

He lived before the separation of the Churches, and so he is venerated as a saint of the undivided Church.