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    Aidan of Lindisfarne (Irish: Naomh Aodhán; died 31 August 651) was an Irish monk and missionary credited with converting the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity...
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    AD; it was an important centre of Celtic Christianity under Saints Aidan, Cuthbert, Eadfrith, and Eadberht of Lindisfarne. The island was originally home...
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  • 1189) Saint Máedóc of Ferns (550–632), also known as Áedan Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne (died 651), Irish missionary and bishop Aidan Baker (born 1974/1975)...
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    sister at Chelles Abbey. At the age of 33, Hilda decided instead to answer the call of Bishop Aidan of Lindisfarne and returned to Northumbria to live...
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    Bamburgh (category Capitals of former nations)
    "Bamburgh". Aidan of Lindisfarne came to this area from the monastery of Iona in 635 on behalf of King Oswald of Northumbria. Following the defeat of Northumbrian...
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    is Máedóc of Ferns (feast day 31 January), also known as Áedan or Aidan, who died in 626, and not to be confused with St. Aidan of Lindisfarne (feast day...
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  • is named after an aspect of the college's Celtic heritage: Aidan – (Red) It is named after St. Aidan of Lindisfarne, founder of the monastery on the Holy...
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    missionary Aidan founded the Lindisfarne monastery on "a small outcrop of the land" on Lindisfarne. King Oswald of Northumbria sent Aidan from Iona to...
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    to be converted. Aidan criticised Cormán's methods and was soon sent as his replacement. Oswald gave Aidan the island of Lindisfarne, near the royal court...
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  • explicitly described as son of the Dagda and brother of Aengus and Cermait. Agni, the Vedic fire god Aidan of Lindisfarne The Rennes Dindsenchas, "Ailech"...
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    daughter-house of Lindisfarne, today in Scotland. He decided to become a monk after seeing a vision on the night in 651 that Aidan, the founder of Lindisfarne, died...
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    as "one of the fathers of Europe". Another Irish saint, Aidan of Lindisfarne, has been proposed as a possible patron saint of the United Kingdom, while...
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    Alopen, bishop of the Assyrian Church of the East, preaches Nestorian Christianity in the Tang dynasty capital, Chang'an. Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish missionary...
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  • bishop of Lindisfarne from 651 until 661. Finan was appointed to Lindisfarne in 651, to succeed Aidan. Originally from Ireland, he built on Lindisfarne, a...
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    saints of (act. c.550–c.800)" "St. Aidan of Lindisfarne". Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 28 October 2009. Johnston, "Munster, saints of (act. c...
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    gates of Bamburgh, at some time before 651 and the death of Bishop Aidan of Lindisfarne. An entry in the Irish annals recording "[t]he battle of Oswy against...
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  • Aidan is a masculine given name. Aidan or Aiden may also refer to: Aidan of Ferns (6th–7th century), Irish bishop and saint Aidan of Lindisfarne (died...
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    Augustine of Canterbury (597-604) Laurence of Canterbury Mellitus Justus Chad of Mercia (7th century) Saint Honorius (7th century) Aidan of Lindisfarne (7th...
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    St Aidan's College is a college of Durham University in England. It had its origins in 1895 as the association of women home students, formalised in 1947...
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    Congregational Church of Winter Park (Winter Park, Florida) First Unity Spiritual Campus, St Petersburg, FL St. Aidan of Lindisfarne Celtic Church Maui,...
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    in 640 CE by Hieu, the first of the saintly recluses of Northumbria, and Aidan of Lindisfarne, on the Headland Estate of Hartlepool now called the Heugh...
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    has become the motto of the town of Melrose. An earlier monastery was founded by, then later dedicated to, Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne on a site about two...
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    Chronologies of Asian History and Culture. New York: Columbia University Press. Liu 2010, p. 68. Simpson, Ray (2014). Aidan of Lindisfarne: Irish Flame...
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    Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland, the other patron saints being Brigid of Kildare and Columba. Patrick...
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  • August 31 (redirect from 31st of August)
    day: Aidan of Lindisfarne Aristides of Athens Cuthburh Dominguito del Val Joseph of Arimathea Nicodemus Paulinus of Trier Raymond Nonnatus Wala of Corbie...
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  • Oswald". Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 28 October 2009. "St. Aidan of Lindisfarne". Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 28 October 2009. "St. Oswin"...
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    belief. Lindisfarne was among the main religious sites of the kingdom of Northumbria in the early eighth century, the resting place of Saints Aidan and Cuthbert...
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    in Suffolk. She was one of the four saintly daughters of Anna of East Anglia, including Wendreda and Seaxburh of Ely, all of whom eventually retired from...
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    palace for his retired father, Emperor Gao Zu, as an act of filial piety. Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish missionary, is summoned by King Oswald from Iona...
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    is regarded as the patron saint of boundaries, and by extension, of trade and travel, as well as various aspects of farming. His feast day is celebrated...
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