The ruined Benedictine priory helps pilgrims imagine a community of early ardent Christians. (Newscom/ZUMA Press) In central London, a stone's throw from St. Pancras rail station, is one of the ...
The Lindisfarne Gospels have a uniquely important place in the art and culture of the North East, and the Christian heritage of the area. The exhibition is part of the celebrations of the Millennium ...
EVIL portents in the year 793 preceded a seaborne raid of Lindisfarne, an island off the coast of the medieval Kingdom of Northumbria. It would mark the start of the Viking era in England. Don't miss ...
Winter in Northumbria is a cruel and unforgiving time. Short, dark days. Rain, snow and hail punctuated with blasts of icy wind from across the North Sea. It seems no coincidence that the feast day ...
It is a tiny place, far from the beaten paths of modern England, altogether beautiful and obscure. But it is deep in the religious culture of the English-speaking peoples. This is the little island of ...
The remote, unspoiled, English isle of Lindisfarne — popularly known around Northumbria as “Holy Island” — has been closely connected with the Catholic faith since St. Aidan of Lindisfarne founded a ...
Chaucer wrote that spring inspires people to go on pilgrimages. But it was in the dead of winter that my sister and I began dreaming of unfolding our legs from beneath our desks and walking, as ...
This summer’s North-East exhibition of the hallowed Lindisfarne Gospels will be hosted by Durham University. Mark Tallentire meets university’s vice-chancellor, Professor Chris Higgins. THE moment the ...
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