St. Aidan of Lindisfarne

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Feastday: August 31
Died: 651

Aidan of Lindisfarne, born in Ireland, may have studied under St. Senan before becoming a monk at Iona. At the request of King Oswald of Northumbria, Aidan went to Lindisfarne as bishop and was known throughout the kingdom for his knowledge of the Bible, his learning, his eloquent preaching, his holiness, his distaste for pomp, his kindness to the poor, and the miracles attributed to him. He founded a monastery at Lindisfarne that became known as the English Iona and was a center of learning and missionary activity for all of northern England. He died in 651 at the royal castle at Bamburgh.

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Ros Warren
2 years ago
I have been reading up about St. Aidan and so wish there were more Christians today that had his pure Christianty. A genuine spreading of the Gospel in word and deed.
Ron Meshanko
2 years ago
St. Aidan was both the first Abbot and Bishop of Lindisfarne, the island known as Holy Island as it produced more saints than any other part of Britain. Bishop Corman of Iona was first sent by Abbot Senge of Iona to the Kingdom of Bernicia at the request of King (Saint) Oswald, but Corman judged the Angles to be too belligerent and not open to receiving the Gospel. So he returned to Iona, and Abbot Senge then sent the humble Aidan, who accomplished what his predecessor could not.

There is no known extant life of St. Aidan from the Anglo Saxon period, nor did an image of the saint survive. What is known about Aidan comes to us from the Ecclesiastical History of the English People by the Venerable Bede.

Aidan is known as the APOSTLE TO NORTHUMBRIA as he brought the Gospels, literacy, the arts and education to all the lands North of the Humber River in Britain. The humble Aidan was much more successful in his missionary efforts than the more well-known St. Augustine of Canterbury whose first missionary efforts failed as Augustine's pride and arrogance offended the original British bishops.

I've written a Life of St. Aidan of Lindisfarne, a hagiography written in the style and form of the early Anglo Saxon period, that you can read at http://saintaidan.wordpress.com
Aidan Devine
2 years ago
Is there any record of St. Aidan's date of birth or his place of birth?
Amy BANDA
2 years ago
How do I know or meet a few Aidans before the 31st of August 2010? Thanks and happy feast day in advance.
Aidan
3 years ago
Thanks for the information, i found out my name day! Thanks.
Emily
3 years ago
Need more information about his life.

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