Aidan 1 (Male) Bishop of Lindisfarne and saint, 635-651
m vii-e viii

Bede.HE iii.17 (lack of knowledge in the matter of the observance of Easter (He kept it on the Lord's day which fell between the 14th and the 20th day of the moon))

language competence (1)

Bede.HE iii.3 (He was not fluent in the English language)

moral (9)

Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 4 (magnae utique uirtutis uir)

Bede.HE iii.3 (man of outstanding gentleness, devotion and moderation, who had a zeal of God)

Bede.HE iii.5 (most salutary example of abstinence and self-control. He did not care for wordly possessions but he rejoiced to hand over to any poor he met the gifts which he had received from kings or rich men of the world.)

Bede.HE iii.5 (He used to travel everywhere not on horseback but on foot)

Bede.HE iii.5 (If he was summoned to feast with the king, he went with one or two of his clergy, and, after taking a littel food, he hurried away either to read with his people or to pray.)

Bede.HE iii.5 (preeminently endowed with the grace of discretion)

Bede.HE iii.14 (extremely compassioante, a friend of the poor and a real father to the wretched)

Bede.HE iii.17 (he made it his business to omit none of the commands of the evangelist, the apostles and the prophets, but he set himself to carry them out in his deeds)

Alcuin.Carm.9 167 (outstanding)

piety (3)

Bede.HE iii.3 (accustomed to celebrate Easter Sunday after the manner of his race)

Bede.HE iii.16 (most reverend)

Bede.HE iii.25 (He laboured diligently to practise the works of faith, piety and love)

saintly status (10)

Anon.VitCuthberti i.5 (our holy bishop)

Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 4 cap. (saint)

Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 4 (saint)

Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr 4 cap. (saint)

Bede.HE iii.26 (Some of his bones were interred in the sanctuary of the church at Lindisfarne)

Alcuin.VersEubor 291 (most holy)

OEMart 195 (Saint Aidan 1)

Willibrord.Cal 10 (31 August: and the holy Aidan 1 the bishop)

Symeonof Durham.HistoriadeSanctoCuthberto 2 (saint)

RestingPlaces II.37 (saint)

Office (40)

Archbishop (1)

Anon.EpisList4 (archbishop of York)

Bishop (39)

Anon.VitCuthberti i.5

Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 4 (bishop of the church at Lindisfarne)

Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 16 (First bishop of Lindisfarne)

Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 4 cap.

Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr 4 cap.

Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr 4

Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr 5

Bede.HE iii.3

Bede.HE iii.5

Bede.HE iii.6

Bede.HE iii.14

Bede.HE iii.15

Bede.HE iii.16

Bede.HE iii.17

Bede.HE iii.26

Bede.HE iv.23

Bede.HE iv.27

Bede.HE v.22

Bede.HE v.24

Alcuin.VersEubor 291

Alcuin.VersEubor 296

Alcuin.VersEubor 299

Alcuin.VersEubor 693

ASC (E) 650 E

OEMart 195

ASC 651 ABCF(OE and Lat.)G

AnnalsUlster 651.1 (Bishop of the Saxons)

Alcuin.Carm.9 167

Anon.EpisList1 (bishop of Lindsey)

Anon.EpisList2 (bishop of the isle of Lindisfarne)

Anon.EpisList3 (bishop of Lindisfarne)

Willibrord.Cal 10

Anon.LiberEliensis I.7

WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum ii.91.9

WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum iii.126.1

Symeonof Durham.HistoriadeSanctoCuthberto 2

Occupation (3)

Monk (3)

Bede.VitCuthbertiPr 16

Bede.HE iii.3

Bede.HE iv.27

Personal Relationship (3)

~ Disciple (General relationship) of Aidan 1 (2)

Chad 1: of Aidan 1: Bede.HE iii.28

Anonymi 637: of Aidan 1: Bede.HE iii.5

~ Friend (General relationship) of Aidan 1 (1)

Agilbert 1: of Aidan 1: Bede.HE iii.25

Event (41)

Alms-giving (2)

Oswald 1.alms-giving: When Oswald 1 had sat down to dinner with Aidan 1, an officer came to tell him that a great multitude of poor people (Anonymi 639) from every district were sitting in the precincts and asking alms of the king. He then ordered the dainties set in front of him to be carried to the poor.: Bede.HE iii.6

Oswald 1.gift of silver dish and food to poor: Oswald 1 ordered a silver dish and the food on it to be given to those in need (Anonymi 1073).: Alcuin.VersEubor 291-300

Animal-tending (2)

Cuthbert 1.vision of Aidan 1’s soul: Cuthbert 1 saw the soul of Aidan 1 born above the stars when he was attending to the feeding of sheep.: Alcuin.VersEubor 692-3

Cuthbert 1.vision of bishop’s soul: While Cuthbert 1 was feeding lambs in the hills, as he was keeping vigil with nocturnal hymns, he saw a holy soul being carried to heaven.: Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr 4

Appointment/consecration/elevation/ordination of bishop (2)

Aidan 1.elevation to episcopacy: Anonymi 632 decided Aidan 1 was worthy to be made a bishop and that he was the man to send to instruct the English ignorant unbelievers.: Bede.HE iii.5

Oswald 1.bringing of Aidan 1 to England: Oswald 1 brought Aidan 1 to this country [sc. England].: OEMart 195

Appointment/consecration/elevation/ordination of priest (1)

Anonymi 637.elevation to priesthood: After redeeming Anonymi 637 from slavery, Aidan 1 made them his disciples and, when he had trained and instructed them, he ordained them priests.: Bede.HE iii.5

Ascetic practices/fasting/resisting temptation (1)

Anonymi 636.fasting: Anonymi 636 formed the habit of prolonging their fast on Wednesdays and Fridays throughout the year, until the ninth hour, with the exception of the period between Easter and Pentecost, instructed by Aidan 1's example: Bede.HE iii.5

Book circulating/making/reading/translating/writing (1)

Edmund 14.translating relics of famous saints to Glastonbury: Many of the early English saints were discovered by King Edmund 14 on his northern expedition, disinterred, and sent to Glastonbury, among them: Hild 1, abbess of the monastery once called Streneshalh and now Whitby - Bede 1 in his History rated her highly; also Ceolfrith 1, abbot of Monkwearmoth, to whom the same Bede 1 devoted a special book. He died at Langres, on extremely old age, while on his way to Rome, but later brought back. Also some of the bones of Aidan 1, first bishop of Lindisfarne. His other bones were taken by Colmán 1 to Scottia; Bede 1 is again our authority. Praise is given at Glastonbury to the confessor Benignus 1, a local hermit, whose remarkable miracles inspired the monks nearby to venerate and translate him. In the house [of Glastonbury] are buried King Edmund 14, the renewer of the place, and his son King Edgar 11, who, remembering his father with gratitude, crowned his gifts with the grant of expensive properties.: WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum ii.91.8-9

Burial (3)

Aidan 1.burial at Lindisfarne: Aidan 1's body was taken to Lindisfarne, and buried in the brothers' cemetery.: Bede.HE iii.17

Patrick 1-Aidan 1.burial: St Aidan 1 and St Patrick 1 rest at Glastonbury with other saints.: RestingPlaces II.37

Burning (2)

Aidan 1.miracle of the fire at Bamburgh: While Aidan 1 was staying on Farne Island, he saw the flames coming from Bamburgh, which Penda 1 was trying to set on fire. He prayed to the Lord and the winds carried the flames in the direction of those who had kindled them.: Bede.HE iii.16

Aidan 1.post-mortem miracle of the buttress: When Penda 1 came to Northumbria to destroy everything he could, the village in which Aidan 1 had died was burnt down. The buttress alone, against which the bishop had been leaning before dying, was not devoured by the flames. After the church was rebuilt, it was burnt down again because of carelessness. On this occasion too the flames could not touch the buttress. When the third church was built, the buttress was put inside as a memorial of the miracle. Since then, many obtained the grace of healing at this place.: Bede.HE iii.17

Church/monastery/minster foundation/dedication/restoration (2)

Commemoration of saint/calendar-entering (1)

Aidan 1.commemoration on 31 August: 31 August: ... of the holy Aidan 1 the bishop: Willibrord.Cal 10

Conversation (1)

Oswine 1-Aidan 1.meeting at dinner: Oswine 1 asked Aidan 1 why he had given the royal horse intended for him to a beggar. Aidan 1 replied that he surely cared more for a son of God than a son of a mare.: Bede.HE iii.14

Culting/venerating saint(s) (1)

Death/dying (3)

Aidan 1.death: Repose of Aidan 1.: AnnalsUlster 651.1 (651)

Hereswith 1.entering Chelles: After the king's [i.e. Anna 1's death], the queen [Hereswith 1] travelled to Gaul and retreated to the convent of Chelles. ... Later her sister, Hild 1, came to join her ... It was her wish to live as an expatriate, in that same convent of Chelles ... but she was called home after a year by Bishop Aidan 1.: Anon.LiberEliensis I.7

Disputing/dispute-settling (1)

Ronan 1-Finan 1.dispute over Easter date: A great and active controversy about the keeping of Easter arose.: Bede.HE iii.25

Dreaming/seeing vision/revelation (4)

Aidan 1.death: Aidan 1 died at the same hour of the night as Cuthbert 1 had seen the vision.: Anon.VitCuthberti i.5

Cuthbert 1.vision of Aidan 1’s soul: Cuthbert 1 saw the soul of Aidan 1 born above the stars when he was attending to the feeding of sheep.: Alcuin.VersEubor 692-3

Cuthbert 1.vision of angels leading Aidan 1 to heaven: Cuthbert 1 saw at midnight angels lead in great light the soul of Aidan 1 to heaven.: OEMart 195

Easter-observance (1)

Ronan 1-Finan 1.dispute over Easter date: A great and active controversy about the keeping of Easter arose.: Bede.HE iii.25

Eating (1)

Education/teaching (1)

Anonymi 637.elevation to priesthood: After redeeming Anonymi 637 from slavery, Aidan 1 made them his disciples and, when he had trained and instructed them, he ordained them priests.: Bede.HE iii.5

Enquiry (1)

Grant and Gift (5)

Hild 1.monastic life near River Wear: When Hild 1 was called back from the kingdom of East Anglia by Aidan 1, she received a hide of land north of the River Wear, where she lived for one year with a small group of companions.: Bede.HE iv.23

Oswald 1.gift of silver dish and food to poor: Oswald 1 ordered a silver dish and the food on it to be given to those in need (Anonymi 1073).: Alcuin.VersEubor 291-300

Oswine 1.granting a horse to Aidan 1: an excellent horse: Bede.HE iii.14

Oswine 1.granting a horse to Anonymous 232: the same horse Aidan 1 had received from Oswine 1: Bede.HE iii.14

Horse-using/giving/acquisition/riding (2)

Oswine 1.granting a horse to Aidan 1: an excellent horse: Bede.HE iii.14

Oswine 1.granting a horse to Anonymous 232: the same horse Aidan 1 had received from Oswine 1: Bede.HE iii.14

Invasion (1)

Invitation (1)

Oswald 1.bringing of Aidan 1 to England: Oswald 1 brought Aidan 1 to this country [sc. England].: OEMart 195

Journey (2)

Aidan 1.miracle of oil and sea: A priest (Anonymous 94), when ordered to set forth on the wave-sounding sea, asked Aidan 1 to protect him and his companions through his prayers. Aidan 1 told him that the north wind would rise against them, but he also gave him some oil with which the sea could be calmed.: Bede.VitCuthbertiMetr 5

Manumission (1)

Anonymi 637.elevation to priesthood: After redeeming Anonymi 637 from slavery, Aidan 1 made them his disciples and, when he had trained and instructed them, he ordained them priests.: Bede.HE iii.5

Meeting (1)

Anonymous 213-Anonymi 632.meeting: At a meeting of the elders (Anonymi 632), Anonymous 213 reported that he had made no headway in the instruction of the people to whom he had been sent, because they were intractable, obstinate and uncivilised.: Bede.HE iii.5

Message-sending (1)

Oswald 1.sending to the Irish for a bishop: Oswald 1 sent to the Irish elders (Anonymi 632), requesting them to send a bishop.: Bede.HE iii.3

Miracle (6)

Aidan 1.miracles: Aidan 1 performed many miracles, both when he was alive and after his death.: OEMart 195

Aidan 1.prayers resulting in withdrawal of fire from Bamburgh: Through the prayers of Aidan 1 fire drew far back from Bamburgh.: Alcuin.Carm.9 167-8

Mission/mission-sending (2)

Aidan 1.elevation to episcopacy: Anonymi 632 decided Aidan 1 was worthy to be made a bishop and that he was the man to send to instruct the English ignorant unbelievers.: Bede.HE iii.5

Aidan 1.preaching among the English: Aidan 1 was sent from Iona to give the English people instruction in Christ.: Bede.HE iii.5

Monastic life, converting to/joining/oblation (3)

Heiu 1.religious habit: Heiu 1 was consecrated by Aidan 1.: Bede.HE iv.23

Ordering (1)

Pastoral activities/preaching (2)

Aidan 1-others.pastoral activities: Aidan 1 preached the gospel while Oswald 1 acted as an interpreter.: Bede.HE iii.3

Aidan 1.preaching among the English: Aidan 1 was sent from Iona to give the English people instruction in Christ.: Bede.HE iii.5

Pilgrimage (1)

Praying (2)

Aidan 1.prayers resulting in withdrawal of fire from Bamburgh: Through the prayers of Aidan 1 fire drew far back from Bamburgh.: Alcuin.Carm.9 167-8

Prophecy (2)

Aidan 1.prophecy of the sea: Utta 1, who had to go to Kent and bring back Eanflæd 1, went to Aidan 1 and begged him to pray for the long journey. He intended to go to Kent by land, but return by sea. Aidan 1 gave him some holy oil and said that the sea would be stormy. However, he told him to pour some of the oil on to the sea to make it calm and serene.: Bede.HE iii.15

Relics-collecting/depositing/granting (1)

Aidan 1.deposition of relics: Half the bones of Aidan 1 were among the Irish (Anonymi 1279), half in Glastonbury at St Mary mynster.: OEMart 195-6

Relics-incorrupt preservation/placing in reliquary/requesting/translating (3)

Aidan 1.translation to larger church: Aidan 1's body was translated to the new church dedicated to St Peter. He was buried on the right side of the altar.: Bede.HE iii.17

Oswald 1.relics preservation: When Oswald 1 was killed in battle, his hand and arm were cut off from the rest of his body, and they remained incorrupt up to Bede 1's time.: Bede.HE iii.6

Reporting (1)

Request (2)

Oswald 1.sending to the Irish for a bishop: Oswald 1 sent to the Irish elders (Anonymi 632), requesting them to send a bishop.: Bede.HE iii.3

Retirement (1)

Factoids linked indirectly to Aidan 1 (6)

Education (5)

Oswald 1: He learned to hope for those heavenly realms which were unknown to his forefathers: Bede.HE iii.6

Anonymi 637: they were trained and instructed by Aidan 1 before being ordained priests: Bede.HE iii.5

Hild 1: Aidan 1 and other devouted men visited her frequently and instructed her assiduously ... on regular life: Bede.HE iv.23

Eata 2: He was instructed in Christ by Aidan 1, together with eleven other boys: Bede.HE iii.26

Anonymi 647: They were instructed in Christ by Aidan 1: Bede.HE iii.26

Office (1)

Priest of Aidan 1 (1)

Anonymous 233: Bede.HE iii.14

Aidan 1 (Male) Bishop of Lindisfarne and saint, 635-651 m vii-e viii

Factoid List

Aidan 1 (Male) Bishop of Lindisfarne and saint, 635-651
m vii-e viii