The Celtic Christian saints chose windswept places along the British shore. St Columba inhabited the lonely rock of Iona, amidst wild Hebridean seas. St Aidan made his home on Lindisfarne ...

Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, was one of the first landing sites of the Vikings. Monasteries were places where monks lived and worshipped. Most people respected the monks and gave them ...

Bishop. Born in Ireland, Colman became a monk at Iona and succeeded St Fintan as bishop of Lindisfarne. Bede gives a glowing account of Lindisfarne under Colman's rule, which took place from 661- 664.

Lindisfarne Priory is a ruin, managed by English Heritage, and was a setting, (along with the island itself) for the bestselling novel ‘Holy Island’ by Northumberland author L J Ross. The Priory dates ...

The gospels date back to Anglo-Saxon times and remain in almost perfect condition The 1,300-year-old Lindisfarne Gospels have returned to north-east England for the first time in almost a decade.