Holy Island

Name for Lindisfarne, the island off the coast of Northumbria which was home to a monastery in the Anglo-Saxon period. The monastery, which housed the relics of St Cuthbert, was…

Name for LindisfarneLindisfarne Also known as Holy Island, a peninsula off the coast of north-east England (Northumbria), this area is cut off from the mainland by the tide twice a day. A monastic community was founded here by St Aidan, in emulation of Iona. From Lindisfarne, missionary activity was conducted in the kingdom of Northumbria. The Anglo-Saxon community produced saints, the most prominent being St Cuthbert in whose honour the magnificent Lindisfarne Gospels were written., the island off the coast of NorthumbriaNorthumbria Northumbria was an early medieval Anglian kingdom in what is now Northern England and South Scotland. which was home to a monasteryMonastery The house of a religious community in the Anglo-Saxon period. The monastery, which housed the relics of St CuthbertCuthbert, St (d. 687) Celtic monk and hermit. Bishop of Lindisfarne 685., was sacked by the Vikings in 793.