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    important centre of Celtic Christianity under Saints Aidan, Cuthbert, Eadfrith, and Eadberht of Lindisfarne. The island was originally home to a monastery,...
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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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    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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  • 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 Isle. Cuthbert...
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  • Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne (died 651), Irish missionary and bishop Aidan Baker (born 1974/1975), Canadian musician Aidan Banks, English guitarist Aidan Browne...
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    founded at Lindisfarne in 635 by Saint Aidan. From the 7th century onwards, in addition to his spiritual authority, the bishops of Lindisfarne, and then...
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  • August 20 – Oswine, king of Deira (England) August 31 – Aidan, Irish-born bishop of Lindisfarne Braulio, bishop of Zaragoza (b. 590) Dayi Daoxin, Chán...
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  • of Saint Aidan is on the facade of the Church of Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne in East Acton. Parbury also created a concrete statue of Aidan for the island...
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    King Oswald moved the bishopric from York to Lindisfarne. The monastery at Lindisfarne was founded by Aidan in 635, and based on the practices of the Columban...
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    a monk after seeing a vision on the night in 651 that St Aidan, the founder of Lindisfarne, died, but seems to have seen some military service first...
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  • resigned his post and returned to Iona, bringing with him the relics of Aidan of Lindisfarne. It was during Cumméne's abbacy that the Book of Durrow was first...
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    Saint Eanswythe (Eanswith), Abbess of Folkestone (c. 640) Saint Aidan, Bishop of Lindisfarne, Enlightener of Northumbria (651) Saints Cuthburgh (Cuthburga)...
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  • Dagda and brother of Aengus and Cermait. Agni, the Vedic fire god Aidan of Lindisfarne The Rennes Dindsenchas, "Ailech" "Dindgnai in Broga" "áed - Wiktionary"...
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    early 8th century come the Durham Gospels, the Echternach Gospels, the Lindisfarne Gospels (see illustration at right), and the Lichfield Gospels. Among...
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    such as Iona Abbey, founded by Columba in Scotland in 563 and Lindisfarne, founded by Aidan in Northumbria in 635. The Irish missionaries brought their...
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  • Roman culture." The episcopal seat of Northumbria was transferred from Lindisfarne to York. Wilfrid, chief advocate for the Roman position, later became...
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    earlier monastery was founded by, then later dedicated to, Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne on a site about two miles (3.5 km) east of Melrose Abbey. This was...
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  • bishop being borne to heaven; subsequently it is discovered that Aidan, bishop of Lindisfarne, had died on the same hour as Cuthbert's vision. Far to the south...
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  • and he was followed by St. Columba (Iona), and St. Aidan, who founded a monastery at Lindisfarne in Northumbria. Columban wandering monks became missionaries...
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    Subsidia Hagiographica 28. Brussels: Société des Bollandistes.; trans. in De Paor, Liam (1993) "Saint Patrick's World", Dublin: Four Courts Press Sharpe...
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    king of England until he died in 670. In 635, Aidan, an Irish monk from Iona, chose the Isle of Lindisfarne to establish a monastery which was close to...
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    William de St-Calais (died 2 January 1096) was a medieval Norman monk, abbot of the abbey of Saint-Vincent in Le Mans in Maine, who was nominated by King...
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    student of Aidan at the Celtic monastery at Lindisfarne. In fact, Bede attributes the general pattern of Chad's ministry to the example of Aidan and his...
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  • Culdees (redirect from Céli )
    depicted in many artworks associated to both Aidan of Ferns and also to his namesake Aidan of Lindisfarne, about one day as he was sate reading in Connacht...
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    Hiberno-Scottish mission (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    Celtic Christianity. Oswald granted Aidan the island of Lindisfarne for a Bible school. Upon his death in 651, Aidan was succeeded by Finan and then by...
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  • Tallaght. This was a work of Northumbrian provenance, probably from Lindisfarne, which first passed through Iona and Bangor, where Irish scribes began...
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    fortress of Dunstanburgh Castle and about 5 miles (8 km) to the north is Lindisfarne Castle on Holy Island. Inland about 16 miles (26 km) to the south is...
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  • Machado de Miranda Francisco de Bastos Francisco Mendes Pereira João da Silveira João Lostau Navarro João Martins José do Porto Manuel Rodrigues de Moura...
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    home to Saint Aidan, followed by Saint Cuthbert. Cuthbert isolated himself on the islands until he was called to the bishopric of Lindisfarne, but after...
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