1 March 2022 | Author/Destination: Great Britain / Großbritannien | Rubric: General, House of the Month
Reading Time: 27 minutesHoly Island © flickr.com – Chris Combe/cc-by-2.0
Lindisfarne, also called Holy Island, is a
tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the
civil parish of Holy Island in
Northumberland. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important centre of
Celtic Christianity under
Saints Aidan of Lindisfarne,
Cuthbert,
Eadfrith of Lindisfarne and
Eadberht of Lindisfarne. After the
Viking invasions and the
Norman conquest of England, a
priory was reestablished. A small castle was built on the island in 1550.
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