St Aidan
"He cultivated peace and love, purity and humility; he was above anger and greed, and despised pride and conceit; he set himself to keep and teach the laws of God, and was diligent in study and in prayer...I greatly admire all these things about Aidan."
- St Bede the Venerable.
31 August is the feast of St Aidan, apostle to the Angles of Northumbria.
Aidan (c. 600-651) became one of the first Celtic monks on the island of Iona, c.630. In 635, at the request of King Oswald of Northumberland, Aidan founded a monastery on Lindisfarne, and from here he evangelised the north of England.
This window is in the Catholic chapel on Lindisfarne.
St Aidan
"He cultivated peace and love, purity and humility; he was above anger and greed, and despised pride and conceit; he set himself to keep and teach the laws of God, and was diligent in study and in prayer...I greatly admire all these things about Aidan."
- St Bede the Venerable.
31 August is the feast of St Aidan, apostle to the Angles of Northumbria.
Aidan (c. 600-651) became one of the first Celtic monks on the island of Iona, c.630. In 635, at the request of King Oswald of Northumberland, Aidan founded a monastery on Lindisfarne, and from here he evangelised the north of England.
This window is in the Catholic chapel on Lindisfarne.