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    Aidan of Lindisfarne

    Birth: unknown

    Death: 8-31

    Birth Date Prefix: c.590

    Death Date Prefix: 651

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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)."

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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)."

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