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St Aidan

(d. 651) Irish missionary


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(d. ad 651),

Irish missionary. While a monk in the monastery at Iona he set out to Christianize Northumbria, founding a church and monastery at Lindisfarne in 635 and becoming its first bishop. His feast day is 31 August.

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Aidan, St (d. 651)
in The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (3 rev) Length: 196 words
Aidan, St (d. 651)
in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2 rev) Length: 57 words
Aidan, St (651)
in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1 rev) Length: 57 words
Aidan(1) (d. 651)
in The Oxford Dictionary of Saints (5 rev) Length: 564 words

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