Aidan of Lindisfarne
✓ Source-basedrisingBishop of Lindisfarne; Saint
Religious FiguresLived 590 to 651 · aged 61
Fame55.9
Momentum10.6
Languages23
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In century#143
Aidan of Lindisfarne was an Irish monk and missionary credited with converting the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity in Northumbria.
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Ceiling fresco in St. Oswald Church, Bad Schussenried, Germany: King Oswald of Northumbria translates the sermon of Aidan into the Anglo-Saxon language, by Andreas Meinrad von Ow, 1778.
Shrine of St Aidan, St Aidan's Church, Bamburgh
Modern statue of St. Aidan beside the ruins of the medieval priory on LindisfarneReligious Figures born in the 590s 6
About this person
Aidan of Lindisfarne was an Irish monk and missionary credited with converting the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity in Northumbria. He founded a ministry cathedral on the island of Lindisfarne, known as Lindisfarne Priory, served as its first bishop, and travelled ceaselessly throughout the countryside, spreading the gospel to both the Anglo-Saxon nobility and the socially disenfranchised.
Category
Religious Figures
Type
Religious Figure
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 590 to 651 · aged 61
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23 languages
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