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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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • Oswiu (redirect from Oswio of Northumbria)
    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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    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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    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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    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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    Saint Máedóc of Ferns (Old Irish: [ˈmaiðoːɡ]; fl. 6th & 7th century), also known as Saint Aidan (Irish: Áedan; Welsh: Aeddan; Latin: Aidanus and Edanus)...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Georgia). They are one of the few churches in the state of Georgia whose priest is openly homosexual. St. Aidan of Lindisfarne Celtic Church Maui, Hawaii...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    one of the four great patrons of Ireland. His feast day is 12 September. He is the patron saint of the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. The life of Ailbe...
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    relied on reports of monks who still knew Columbanus. A description of miracles of Columbanus written by an anonymous monk of Bobbio is of much later date...
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  • Anglo-Saxon England and the abbot of Saint Peter's and Saint Paul's in Canterbury. He was a noted teacher and commentator of the Bible. Adrian was born between...
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  • Adomnán (redirect from Adomnan of Iona)
    Adhamhnán), was an abbot of Iona Abbey (r. 679–704), hagiographer, statesman, canon jurist, and saint. He was the author of the Life of Columba (Latin: Vita...
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