Bosa | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of York | |
| Appointed | 678 (first appointment) 691 (second appointment) |
| Term ended | 687 (first tenure) c. 705 (second tenure) |
| Predecessor | Wilfrid |
| Successor | John of Beverley |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 678 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | unknown |
| Died | c. 705 |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 9 March |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church[1]
Roman Catholic Church |
Bosa (died c. 705) was an Anglo-Saxon Bishop of York during the 7th and early 8th centuries. He was educated at Whitby Abbey, where he became a monk. Following Wilfrid's removal from York in 678 the diocese was divided into three, leaving a greatly reduced see of York, to which Bosa was appointed bishop. He was himself removed in 687 and replaced by Wilfrid, but in 691 Wilfrid was once more ejected and Bosa returned to the see. He died in about 705, and subsequently appears as a saint in an 8th-century liturgical calendar.