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Aidan of Lindisfarne
Birth: unknown
Death: 8-31
Birth Date Prefix: c.590
Death Date Prefix: 651
Biography
Mentioned in Frances's notes on Joseph Milner's History of the Christian Church. From Wikipedia: "was an Irish monk and missionary credited with restoring Christianity to Northumbria. He founded a monastic cathedral on the island of Lindisfarne, served as its first bishop, and travelled ceaselessly throughout the countryside, spreading the gospel to both the Anglo-Saxon nobility and to the socially disenfranchised (including children and slaves)."
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Mentioned in Frances's notes on Joseph Milner's History of the Christian Church. From Wikipedia: "was an Irish monk and missionary credited with restoring Christianity to Northumbria. He founded a monastic cathedral on the island of Lindisfarne, served as its first bishop, and travelled ceaselessly throughout the countryside, spreading the gospel to both the Anglo-Saxon nobility and to the socially disenfranchised (including children and slaves)."