January ??—314 A.D. Restitutus—12th Romano-British Bishop of London Attends Council of Arles, 314; Possibly Council of Nicaea, 325; List of Romano-British Bishops to 314 A.D.

January ??—314 A.D.  Restitutus—12^th Romano-British Bishop of London Attends Council of Arles, 314;  Possibly Council of Nicaea, 325;  List of Romano-British Bishops to 314 A.D.

Romano-British Bishops of London – traditional list
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
unknown		Theanus
unknown		Eluanus
unknown		Cadar
unknown		Obinus
unknown		Conanus
unknown		Palladius
unknown		Stephanus
unknown		Iltutus
unknown		Theodwinus
unknown		Theodredus
unknown		Hilarius
fl. 314		Restitutus	One of three Romano-British bishops who attended the Council of Arles in 314. The other two were the bishops of Lincoln and York.[3]

 

Restitutus (fl. 314) was a Romano-British bishop of London in the early 4th century.^[1]

History of the see

See also: Early centers of Christianity § Roman Britain

Christianity arrived in the British Isles in the 1st or 2nd century (probably via thetin trade route through Ireland and Spain). Londinium, as it was then known, had become a city that prospered and superseded Camulodunum (Colchester) as the capital of the Roman province of Britannia. At its height in the 2nd century AD, Roman London had a population of around 60,000. It is certain that a metropolitan bishop was working in London in the early centuries of the Christian era. The recorded antiquity of the office dates back to ancient times where sixteen named archbishops are listed by Jocelyne of Furness in his work Bishops. It has been noted that this is the sole available source of these names, however, the earlier of the two bishops named Restitutus is known to have existed as he is named as attending the Council of Arles in 314. Nothing else is known about Restitutus, although he may have lived long enough to be part of the delegation from Britannia to the First Council of Nicaea.

See also

• List of bishops of London

References

1.     Jump up^  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "London". Catholic Encyclopedia. Robert Appleton Company.