Bosa of York

Bosa
Bishop of York
Appointed678 (first appointment)
691 (second appointment)
Term ended687 (first tenure)
c. 705 (second tenure)
PredecessorWilfrid
SuccessorJohn of Beverley
Orders
Consecration678
Personal details
Bornunknown
Diedc. 705
Sainthood
Feast day9 March
Venerated inEastern 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.

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