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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Lindisfarne

History Trivia – In 635 AD Saint Aidan founded the monastery at Lindisfarne which was settled by Ionian monks. The Illuminated Gospels made the monastery famous. Lindisfarne was plundered in 793 AD by Scandinavian seafarers; so began the Viking era of invasion and expansion.

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