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Aidan
of Lindisfarne, born in Ireland, may have studied under St. Senan before
becoming a monk at Iona. At the request of King Oswald of Northumbria, Aidan
went to Lindisfarne as bishop and was known throughout the kingdom for his
knowledge of the Bible, his learning, his eloquent preaching, his holiness,
his distaste for pomp, his kindness to the poor, and the miracles attributed
to him. He founded a monastery at Lindisfarne that became known as the
English Iona and was a center of learning and missionary activity for all of
northern England. He died in 651 at the royal castle at Bamburgh.
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