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St Aidan of Lindisfarne |
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InformationSt Aidan of Lindisfarne was of Irish descent and a monk of Iona. When Oswald, the exiled king of Northumbria, who had fled for refuge to Iona, returned to his throne in 634, he invited Aidan to come to reconvert his people. He made his headquarters at Lindisfarne and, with aid of the king as his interpreter, he was very successful in his mission. He died in 651. Leave me alone with God as much as may be. Then with the turning of the tide Prayer attributed to St. Aidan
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