Aidan, ST, the founder of the Northumbrian Church, was sent from Iona in 635, in answer to King Oswald's summons, to become the Bishop of Northumbria. He established himself in the island of Lindisfarne, and, thence making missionary journeys to the mainland, achieved a great work, in spite of the ravages of Penda, the heathen ruler of Mercia. He died at Bamborough, 31st August 651.
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