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  1. Lindisfarne - Wikipedia

    • The monastery of Lindisfarne was founded around 634 by the Irish monk Aidan, who had been sent from Iona off the west coast of Scotland to Northumbria at the request of King Oswald. The abbey was founded before the end of 634 and Aidan remained there until his death in 651. [31] See more

    Population180 (27 March 2011)
    DemonymLindisfarnian
    OS grid referenceNU129420
    Civil parishHoly Island
    Overview

    Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was … See more

    Name and etymology

    Both the Parker and Peterborough versions of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for 793 record the Old English name Lindisfarena.
    In the 9th-century Historia Brittonum the island appears under its Old Welsh name Medcaut. The … See more

     
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    The Lindisfarne Abbey was first established in AD 634.
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  3. History of Lindisfarne Priory - English Heritage

    Lindisfarne – also known as Holy Island – is one of the most important centres of early English Christianity. Irish monks settled here in AD 635 and the monastery became the centre of a major saint’s cult celebrating its bishop, Cuthbert.

     
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  5. Lindisfarne Priory - History and Facts | History Hit

    Jun 4, 2021 · The first monastery to be built at Lindisfarne was founded by St Aidan in 635 AD.

  6. The Holy Island of Lindisfarne - Historic UK

    Possibly the holiest site of Anglo-Saxon England, Lindisfarne was founded by St. Aidan, an Irish monk, who came from Iona, the centre of Christianity in Scotland. St Aidan converted Northumbria to Christianity at the invitation of its king, …

  7. Significance of Lindisfarne Priory - English Heritage

    The monastery founded here in 635 became the base for the conversion of the northern kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxons from paganism to Christianity, and one of the most important cultural centres of its age.

  8. Lindisfarne: The Most Important Island in Early Medieval Anglo …

  9. Holy Island - History and Facts | History Hit

    Jun 14, 2021 · The famous manuscript now known as the Lindisfarne Gospels was created here in the early 8th century. The ruins now visible are those of a 12th-century Lindisfarne Priory, which claimed direct descent from the early …

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    Jun 1, 2019 · Known as Holy Island, Lindisfarne is a tidal island off the coast of Northumberland. A monastery was founded here in AD 634 by Saint Aidan at the request of King Oswald of Northumbria.

  11. English Heritage: Lindisfarne Priory - Holy Island

    S t Aidan founded the monastery in AD 635, but St Cuthbert, prior of Lindisfarne, is the most celebrated of the priory's holy men.

  12. Lindisfarne, Northumberland: The Holy Island with a …

    Jan 24, 2023 · St Aidan, coming from Iona, had founded a monastery on the island in the early 7th century and the Gospels were created in 715–720 by a monk called Eadfrith, who became Lindisfarne’s bishop.

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  21. The Lindisfarne Gospels: the story of how a medieval …