Aidan, St
bishop
AIDAN, ST, first bishop of Lindisfarne or Holy Island, embraced a religious life in the monastery of Iona. Oswald, king of Northumbria, having requested a mission of monks from Iona to labour for the conversion of his subjects, Aidan was chosen by the abbot as leader of the expedition, and was consecrated a bishop about 634-5 A.D. Bede speaks of the holiness of his life, of the influence of his preaching as seen in the conversion of multitudes, and also of numerous miracles which he performed. Aldan died on the 31st August 651.
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