Restitutus

Restitutus
Bishop of London?
Diocese	Diocese of London?
Predecessor	unknown
Successor	unknown
Personal details
Denomination	Catholic

Restitutus (fl. 314) was a Romano-British bishop, probably from London, one of the British delegation who attended the church synod or Council held at Arles (Arelate), in Gaul, in AD 314.

The list of those who signed the Acta, the decisions made by the Council, included three bishops, along with a "presbyter" and a "deacon", from Britain. The British bishops were Eborius "de civitate Eboricensi" – from the city of Eboracum (York); Restitutus "de civitate Londenensi" – from the city of Londinium (London); and Adelfius "de civitate Colonia Londenensium" – that is, from the "colonia of the people of London". The text, which survives only in a number of later manuscript copies, is clearly corrupt in assigning two bishops to London. Since London was not a colonia, suspicion has fallen on the place of origin of Adelfius, bishop of the "colonia of the people of London".

Most authorities have suggested emending "Colonia Londenensium" to "Colonia Lindensium" – the colonia of the people of Lindum (Lincoln).

However S. N. Miller considered that the word "colonia" was also suspect; he pointed out that although many other coloniae had sent bishops to Arles, among them Cologne, Trier and Lyons, none had been designated "colonia" in the list. Miller argued that "de civitate Colonia Londenensium" was a mistake for "de civitate Camu/lodunensium" – "the city of the people of Camulodunum" (Colchester). This view was supported by archaeologist Sir Ian Richmond. Others have identified Adelfius as Bishop of Caerleon-on-Usk.

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