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	St. Cuthbert
		In a synod of bishops held by St. Theodorus, at Twiford, on the river Alne, in the kingdom of Northumberland, it was resolved that Cuthbert should be raised to the episcopal see of Lindisfarne.
		In the Danish invasions, the monks carried it away from Lindisfarne, and, after several removals on the continent, settled with their treasure on a woody hill almost surrounded by the river Were, formed by nature for a place of defence.
		His ring, in which a sapphire is enchased, was given by Lord Viscount Montaigne to the Bishop of Chalcedon,4 who had long been sheltered from the persecution in the house of that nobleman, and was by him left in the monastery of English canonesses at Paris, which is also possessed of a tooth of St.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/CUTHBERT.htm (2245 words)

	St. Cuthbert
		He was probably born in the neighbourhood of Mailros (Melrose) of lowly parentage, for as a boy he used to tend sheep on the mountain-sides near that monastery.
		In his last days, in March, 687, he was tended by monks of Lindisfarne, and received the last sacraments from Abbot Herefrid, to whom he spoke his farewell words, exhorting the monks to be faithful to Catholic unity and the traditions of the Fathers.
		Nero D 4), was written in the eighth century by Eadfrid, Bishop of Lindisfarne.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/c/cuthbert,saint.html (1638 words)

	Bishop of Lindisfarne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The monks of Lindisfarne fled from the Danes in 875 along with the ancient remains of Saint Cuthbert and there was no seat of the Bishop of Lindisfarne for seven years.
		In 882 Eardulf and his monks settled in Chester-le-Street and the seat of the Bishop of Lindisfarne was based here.
		Aldhun (the last Bishop of Lindisfarne) was on his way to reestablish the see at Lindisfarne when in a divine vision he received the message that the body of Saint Cuthbert should be laid to rest in Durham.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bishop_of_Lindisfarne (266 words)

	Lindisfarne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It was during this period that Lindisfarne became a centre of spiritual, evangelical and intellectual activity unparalleled in the English church, and it was the great centre of Christianity in Saxon English church, and it was the great centre of Christianity in Saxon England for the next.
		Lindisfarne remained a peaceful sanctuary for over four centuries under the rule of the Benedictine monks who farmed the land profitably and lived well.
		Lindisfarne is an island rich in both flora and fauna, and the bird population on and around the island is remarkable in variety of species and in number.
	www.go-britain.com /html/lindisfarne.htm (820 words)

	Bede's people: Cuthbert
		This was a difficult time for the Lindisfarne monastery in the aftermath of King Oswiu's decision taken at the synod of Whitby in 664 to favour the Roman against the Irish tradition of Christianity.
		Coleman, Bishop of Lindisfarne at the time, and some monks of the monastery who were unable or unwilling to accept the changes returned to Iona from whence they had come.
		Lindisfarne had an isolated cell on a small rocky outcrop just off the main island and a hermitage on some miles away across the sea on the Farne Islands where Aidan, the founder, had spent time as a solitary.
	www.bedesworld.co.uk /site_2003-05-10/people/cuthbert.htm (1367 words)

	The Lindisfarne Gospels
		Received wisdom on the scholarship of the Lindisfarne Gospels is that it was made in Lindisfarne, which is a monastery in Northumbria on a tidal island called Holy Island off the north-east coast of England.
		Lindisfarne had been founded by St Aidan in 635 as part of the paruchia, the monastic family, of St Columba which was working outwards from the Irish centres of Kells, Durrow, through Iona and Melrose and down into Northumbria at the invitation of the then rulers of the Bernician-Northumbrian royal house.
		Bishop Eadfrith, whom Aldred names in his colophon as the maker of the book, commissions the leading scholar of the time, Bede of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow, to rework the life of St Cuthbert and gear it towards a new agenda, one of reconciliation.
	www.fathom.com /course/33702501/session1.html (1430 words)

	Tyalgum Press
		Written for the celebrations of one thousand years of the Diocese of Durham in 1995, this oratorio tells the story of Saint Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne in the seventh century, whose remains were carried to Durham by the Lindisfarne monks, fleeing Viking invaders.
		Cuthbert is enthroned in a blaze of trumpet fanfares.
		In 875AD the monks of Lindisfarne were forced to flee from the Viking raids, the sea parted to allow their passage, carrying the shrine of Saint Cuthbert.
	www.tyalgumpress.com /opus/saintcuthbert.htm (436 words)

	St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne
		After many prayers and tears, Cuthbert reluctantly agreed to serve as bishop, but let it be known that he would prefer Lindisfarne, so it was arranged for him to exchange his see with St. Eata.
		Eata became Bishop of Hexham, and Cuthbert was consecrated Bishop of Lindisfarne by the archbishop of Canterbury with six bishops in attendance at York.
		At first he was tended by his brethren from Lindisfarne, but as he became more seriously ill he refused all aid, suffering intensely but allowing none to nurse him.
	allsaintsbrookline.org /celtic/saints/cuthbert.html (1233 words)

	The Holy Island of Lindisfarne
		The Lindisfarne Gospels are illustrated in a Celtic style and were originally covered with a fine metal case made by a hermit.
		Lindisfarne had a large limeburning industry and the kilns are among the most complex in Northumberland.
		Lindisfarne was mainly a fishing community for many years, but tourism grew steadily throughout the 20th century, and is now a very popular destination.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /england/lindisfarne.htm (775 words)

	Destinations UK - Lindisfarne, Northumberland
		The island of Lindisfarne with it's wealthy monastery was a favourite stop-over for Viking raiders from the end of the 8th century.
		Lindisfarne continued as an active religious site from the 12th century until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1537.
		Lindisfarne is located off the Northumberland coast, 20 miles north of Alnwick, 13 miles south of Berwick-on-Tweed.
	www.historic-uk.com /DestinationsUK/Lindisfarne.htm (361 words)

	Britannia Biographies: St. Wilfred the Elder, Bishop of York
		It was in the year AD 634, that is "the hateful year" after the death of King Edwin of Northumbria and the flight of St. Paulinus, that St. Wilfred was born.
		Bishop Colman showed the indomitable pride and tenacity of the Celtic race, and Wilfred the eloquence, vehement and persuasive, which distinguished him.
		However, the first Northern bishop, Paulinus, had fixed his episcopal chair not at Lindisfarne, to which the later Scottish mission under Aidan had transferred it, but at York; and it was to this city that Wilfred immediately removed his new see.
	www.britannia.com /bios/abofy/wilfred.html (2164 words)

	Lindisfarne Gospels - OrthodoxWiki
		The Lindisfarne Gospels are an illustrated Latin edition of the Gospels.
		The manuscript was produced on Lindisfarne in Northumbria (northern England) in the late 7th century or early 8th century, and is generally regarded as the finest example of the kingdom's unique style of religious art, a style that combined Anglo-Saxon and Celtic themes.
		The monastery at Lindisfarne had been founded by monks from Iona, and so it is understandable that these two treasures of the ancient British church should be so similar.
	www.orthodoxwiki.org /Lindisfarne_Gospels (364 words)

	Lindisfarne - Holy Island History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Lindisfarne's Norman priory stands on the site of an Anglo-Saxon monastery founded by St Aidan in A.D 635, on land granted by Oswald, King and Saint of Northumbria.
		Aidan the first Bishop of Lindisfarne, a Scots-Celtic monk from the isle of Iona, travelled widely throughout Northumbria and with the help of King Oswald as interpreter, began the conversion of the pagan Northumbrians to Chrisatianity.
		Lindisfarne Castle was converted into a private residence by the well known British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1903.
	www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk /Lindisfarne.htm (896 words)

	March 26: Cuthbert becomes bishop of Lindisfarne
		Rather than leave Lindisfarne, he arranged to swap sees with Eata and became bishop of Lindisfarne instead, after which he was consecrated at York.
		The Lindisfarne gospel, one of the most elegant English manuscripts ever illuminated by monks, was produced in his honor.
		Cuthbert was the great English saint whose diplomacy allowed the two traditions of Ireland and of Rome to sit side by side in his own monastery on Lindisfarne, and whose journey in death took longer than his journey in life.
	chi.gospelcom.net /DAILYF/2002/03/daily-03-26-2002.shtml (533 words)

	Saint Finan
		Lindisfarne is an island some two miles off the north eastern coast of Scotland.
		Lindisfarne became famous for being the mother-church and religious center of Northumbria.
		Finan is described as being an able ruler who reconstructed the monastery at Lindisfarne in what was described as "the Irish fashion", employing "hewn oak, with an outer covering of reeds".
	www.financlan.net /story_of_saint_finan.htm (422 words)

	Orthodoxy’s Western Heritage - Lindisfarne: the Holy Isle, Saint Aidan: First Abbot, Saint Cuthbert: Favored of God
		The bishop's self-continence was equally apparent in his attitude towards money and possessions; as a "father to the wretched," he was quick to give to the poor the alms and gifts which be himself received.
		His body was initially buried at Lindisfarne, but when, in 664 the monastery accepted the decision of the Whitby Synod to adopt the Roman tradition, Aidan's second successor as abbot, St.
		In the monastically-oriented Celtic tradition bishops were subordinated to abbots and the entire structure was less rigid than in the Roman tradition with its emphasis on a well-ordered state and central authority.
	www.roca.org /OA/57/57e.htm (1880 words)

	Lindisfarne Gospels ~ 698 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Lindisfarne Gospels were written and illuminated about 698 in honor of St. Cuthbert, the Bishop of Lindisfarne, who died in 687.
		And Æthelwald, Bishop of the Lindisfarne islanders, bound it on the outside and covered it, as he knew well how to do.
		The Gospels remained at Lindisfarne until 875, when it accompanied the monks on their flight from the Danes.
	sio.midco.net /danstopicalstamps/lindisfarne.htm (227 words)

	Lindisfarne Priory- A Virtual Tour
		After the Synod of Whitby in 664, Eata became bishop of Lindisfarne, taking Cuthbert with him as prior.
		Despite his retreat, Cuthbert was summoned back to become Bishop of Lindisfarne in 685.
		The Lindisfarne Gospels and a beautiful carved coffin were made for this event.
	www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu /~dvess/ids/medieval/lindis/lindisfarne2.htm (544 words)

	Northumbria Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		He was consecrated Bishop at York by Theodore Archbishop of Cantebury at Easter,26th March 685.
		There were six bishops and the king Ecgfrith in attendance.
		Less than two months after his consecration on 20 May 685 Cuthbert was in Carlisle with Queen Iurminburg who was staying at her sister`s Monastery while King Ecgfrith crossed the River forth to invade Pictland.
	www.northumbrianassociation.com /culture_and_heritage/bishop_of_lindisfarne.html (192 words)

	EBK: St. Finan of Lindisfarne, Bishop of Lindisfarne
		Aidan as Bishop of Lindisfarne in AD 651, was the Irishman, St. Finan.
		In the island sanctuary of Lindisfarne, St. Finan caused a cathedral to be built, not of stone, like that which Paulinus and Edwin had commenced at York, but, according to the Celtic custom and like the churches built by Columba and his Irish monks, it was made entirely of wood.
		Bede was prejudiced against this holy prelate because of his adhesion to the Celtic ritual and resistance to the Irish missionary, Ronan, who pushed for the introduction of Roman usages.
	www.earlybritishkingdoms.com /adversaries/bios/finanlindisfarne.html (431 words)

	Cuthbert of Lindisfarne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Afterwards Cuthbert was made abbot of Lindisfarne, where he grew to love the wild rocks and sea, and where the birds and beasts came at his call.
		Thus, on Easter Sunday 685, Cuthbert was consecrated bishop of Lindisfarne by Saint Theodore archbishop of Canterbury, with six bishops in attendance at York.
		He was buried at Lindisfarne, where they remained incorrupt for several centuries, but after the Viking raids began his remains wandered with the displaced monks for about 100 years until they were translated to Durham cathedral in 1104.
	www.lyon.edu /webdata/users/jchiaromonte/cuthbert5.htm (2704 words)

	Lindisfarne
		SWALD, King of Northumbria, gave to Bishop Aidan, a monk of Iona, and a man noted for his piety, the island of Lindisfarne, and from the sanctity of the opposite monastery and the monks it obtained the name of Holy Island.
		Cuthbert was at one time Bishop of Lindisfarne, and a strange superstition respecting him is not even yet quite forgotten there.
		It is, that on dark and gloomy nights, when the waves rose high and the wind roared, the spirit of St. Cuthbert sat on a fragment of rock on the shore of Holy Island, veiled in the sea-mist, and forged beads for the faithful.
	www.mspong.org /picturesque/lindisfarne.html (1052 words)

	WesternOrthodox.com - St. Finan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		E beseech thee, O Lord, mercifully pour into our hearts the glory of thy praise: that, at the intercession of blessed Finan thy Confessor and Bishop, we may be made worthy to attain unto the same, thine ineffable glory.
		ECOND Bishop of Lindisfarne; died 9 February, 661.
		N the mysterious ways of Providence, the Abbey of Whitby, his chief foundation, was the scene of the famous Paschal controversy, which resulted in the withdrawal of the Irish monks from Lindisfarne.
	www.westernorthodox.com /kalendar/0217.htm (312 words)

	Biography: Aidan, missionary, abbot, Bishop of Lindisfarne (31 August 651) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Biography: Aidan, missionary, abbot, Bishop of Lindisfarne (31 August 651)
		The Gospel first came to the northern English in 627, When King Edwin of Northumbria was converted by a mission from Canterbury (51:17 N 1:05 E) led by Bishop Paulinus, who established his see at York.
		A young monk named Aidan responded, "Perhaps you were too harsh with them, and they might have responded better to a gentler approach." At this, Aidan found himself appointed to lead a second expedition to Northumbria.
	elvis.rowan.edu /~kilroy/JEK/08/31.html (359 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Aidan of Lindisfarne
		He is placed as Bishop of Clogher by Ware and Lynch, but he resigned that see and became a monk at Iona about 630.
		His virtues, however, shone so resplendantly that he was selected (635) as first Bishop of Lindisfarne, and in time became apostle of Northumbria.
		Bede is lavish in praise of the episcopal rule of St. Aidan, and of his Irish co-workers in the ministry.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01233d.htm (191 words)

	LawBuzz - Cherished Legal Rights - Books & Burning of Books - THE LINDISFARNE GOSPELS - Chapter 7
		Today we can examine the work of one monk, Eadrith (later the Bishop of Lindisfarne), who produced a stunning example of book painting that is even older than the Diamond Sutra.
		Although the manuscript is undated, The Lindisfarne Gospels were likely copied and illustrated by Eadrith while he was still a monk at Lindisfarne Priory, on Holy Island (off the English Northumberland coast).
		Later, the foot-high Lindisfarne Gospels miraculously washed ashore and were taken to Durham where monks continued to produce other precious manuscripts.
	www.lawbuzz.com /cherished_rights/freedom_speech/gospels.htm (245 words)

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