Aug 31

Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne

August 31st VII century

Name
Aidan (Masculino)
Meaning
Fuego, from Irlandés
Secular name
Aidan of Northumbria
Dead
in Lindisfarne, in current United kingdom
Celebration
August 31st
In Lindisfarne, Northumberland, St. Aidan, Bishop and Abbot, a man of great gentleness, piety and straight, that Government, called the monastery of Iona by King Osvaldo, there established his episcopal see and a monastery, to engage effectively in the evangelization of that Kingdom. Roman martyrology