Aidan, Bede, Cuthbert: Three Inspirational Saints

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This rousing volume explores the lives & interweaving stories of Aidan Bede & Cuthbert After an introduction which tells appropriately of David Adam's ordination in Durham Cathedral there are four chapters on each Irish by birth St Aidan was a monk on Iona before being selected in 635 as the first Bishop of Lindisfarne In time he became pastor to all of Northumbria The themes covered are " Aidan & the open door" " On firm foundations" " Open hearts & hands" & " Feet on the ground" Born in 673 St Bede was a monk at Jarrow on the Tyne He is revered for his scholarly output of commentaries on the Scriptures & his famous Ecclesiastical History of the English People His body lies in the Galilee Chapel of Durham Cathedral The themes covered are " Bede at St Peter's Wearmouth" " St Paul's Jarrow" " The loss of a friend & mentor" & " Candle of the church" When he was sixteen St Cuthbert received a vision of the soul of St Aidan being carried to heaven by angels He was reluctantly persuaded to become Bishop of Lindisfarne in 685 but the next year resigned his see & retired to Farne Island where he died on 20 March 687 He was later buried in Durham Cathedral The themes covered are " Cuthbert & the angels" " Reaching out" " Lindisfarne" & " The last days"