Tómméne [SEP] date of death
Tómméne
Saint Tómméne (also called Thoman, Thomanus, Thomenus, Thomian, Thomianus, Thomienus, Toimen, Toimene, Tóiméne, Tomiano, Tómíne, Tomini, Tomméin, Tommene,Tommine, Tomyn, Comméne, Comyn, Terenannus) b. c.580 - d.10 January 661, was the Bishop of Armagh, Ireland from 623 to 10 January 661.
Genealogy and Birth.
St. Tómméne was probably a member of a tribe from North-East Ulster as was usual for Bishops of Armagh at this time. His father was
Saint Tómméne reigned as Bishop for 38 years.
The Paschal Controversies.
At this time the Irish Church was preoccupied with the Paschal Question, i.e. how to compute the date of Easter and Christ’s death. St. Tómméne was interested in this dispute even before he was made Bishop of Armagh. A letter, written c.610 by Archbishop Laurence of Canterbury and countersigned by Mellitus, the Bishop of London and Justus, Bishop of Rochester, was sent to the Irish bishops urging them to adopt the Roman method of calculating Easter.