Aidan of Lindisfarne was an Irish monk and missionary credited with converting the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity in Northumbria. He founded a ministry cathedral on the island of Lindisfarne, known as Lindisfarne Priory, served as its first bishop, and travelled ceaselessly throughout the countryside, spreading the gospel to both the Anglo-Saxon nobility and the socially disenfranchised.
Christian feast day: Aidan of Lindisfarne (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America)
On June 9, in the year 0, Christian feast day: Aidan of Lindisfarne (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America). This event is recorded as a Holidays event in the history of June 9, one of 402 recorded events on this date across all of history.
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