Lindisfarne

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…

Also known as Holy IslandHoly 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 sacked by the Vikings in 793., a peninsula off the coast of north-east England (NorthumbriaNorthumbria Northumbria was an early medieval Anglian kingdom in what is now Northern England and South Scotland.), this area is cut off from the mainland by the tide twice a day. A monastic community was founded here by St AidanAidan, St (d. 651) Monk of Iona, missionary to Northumbria and Bishop of Lindisfarne., in emulation of Iona. From 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., missionaryMissionary Someone sent out to share religious faith. activity was conducted in the kingdom of Northumbria. The Anglo-Saxon community produced saints, the most prominent being St CuthbertCuthbert, St (d. 687) Celtic monk and hermit. Bishop of Lindisfarne 685. in whose honour the magnificent Lindisfarne GospelsLindisfarne Gospels A richly illuminated and decorated book of Gospels produced 696-698 by the monk Eadfrith on the Holy Island, Lindisfarne in Northumbria, in honour of St Cuthbert. The manuscript is in the British Library, (Cotton MS Nero D iv). were written.