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Ceollach (or Cellach) was a medieval
Bishop of Mercia
The Bishop of Lichfield is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers 4,516 km2 (1,744 sq. mi.) of the counties of Powys, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and West Mi ...
. His consecration dates and death dates are unknown.
[Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 220] He was Irish by birth and was trained in Ireland.
[Stenton ''Anglo-Saxon England'' p. 120] Before his death, he left or resigned his see and went to the monastery of
Iona
Iona (; gd, Ì Chaluim Chille (IPA: iːˈxaɫ̪ɯimˈçiʎə, sometimes simply ''Ì''; sco, Iona) is a small island in the Inner Hebrides, off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of Scotland. It is mainly known for Iona Abbey, though there ...
.
[Blair ''World of Bede'' p. 105]
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Anglo-Saxon bishops of Lichfield
7th-century English bishops
7th-century Irish bishops
Mercian people
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