{"id":41,"date":"2010-08-19T13:03:24","date_gmt":"2010-08-19T13:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/?p=41"},"modified":"2011-02-17T22:06:27","modified_gmt":"2011-02-17T22:06:27","slug":"a-short-history-of-the-holy-island-of-lindisfarne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/?p=41","title":{"rendered":"A short history of the Holy Island of Lindisfarne"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_204\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSCN6246.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-204\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-204\" title=\"St Aidan, 1st Bishop of Lindisfarne. All Saints Church. Rothbury\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSCN6246-90x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"90\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-204\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St Aidan, 1st Bishop of Lindisfarne. All Saints Church. Rothbury<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The island is half an hour&#8217;s drive from our home in Northumberland. Accessible twice a day either by the causeway or walking the &#8216;Pilgrim Path&#8217; , pictured above,\u00a0 across the sands when the tide is out.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_544\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/0034_41.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-544\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-544\" title=\"The tidal Causeway to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Northumberland\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/0034_41-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/0034_41-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/0034_41.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The tidal Causeway to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Northumberland<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lindisfarne.org.uk\/general\/aidan.htm\">history of Holy Island<\/a> is long, an introduction to it, by an island inhabitant, Reverend Canon Kate Tristram,<strong><em> <\/em><\/strong> is worth reading. Among others, it talks of the founder of the first Celtic monastery by St Aidan, his statue is shown here, on Holy Island, carrying the torch of the Gospel to England.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_554\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSCN5006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-554\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-554\" title=\"Rug copied from Lindisfarne Gospels (c 698 AD) in St Marys Church, Lindisfarne\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSCN5006-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSCN5006-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSCN5006-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rug copied from Lindisfarne Gospels (c 698 AD) in St Marys Church, Lindisfarne<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_549\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/QD0011003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-549\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-549\" title=\"St Marys Church, Lindisfarne\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/QD0011003-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/QD0011003-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/QD0011003-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St Marys Church, Lindisfarne<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_551\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/QD0011007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-551\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-551\" title=\"The 12c Priory ruins and village on Lindisfarne\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/QD0011007-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/QD0011007-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/QD0011007-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-551\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 12c Priory ruins and village on Lindisfarne<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_550\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/QD0011004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-550\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-550 \" title=\"Sunset over Cuthberts Isle, between Lindisfarne &amp; the Northumberland mainland\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/QD0011004-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/QD0011004-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/QD0011004-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-550\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunset over Cuthberts Isle, between Lindisfarne &amp; the Northumberland mainland<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_547\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Holy-Island-Causeway.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-547\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-547\" title=\"Holy Island Causeway\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Holy-Island-Causeway-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Holy-Island-Causeway-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Holy-Island-Causeway.jpg 515w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Holy Island Causeway<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_44\" style=\"width: 220px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/CNV00020-420-x-6001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44 \" title=\"St Aiden's statue on Holy Island where he became its first bishop in 635 AD\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/CNV00020-420-x-6001-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/CNV00020-420-x-6001-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/CNV00020-420-x-6001.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">St Aidan&#39;s statue on Holy Island where he became its first bishop in 635 AD<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The island is half an hour&#8217;s drive from our home in Northumberland. Accessible twice a day either by the causeway or walking the &#8216;Pilgrim Path&#8217; , pictured above,\u00a0 across the sands when the tide is out. The\u00a0 history of Holy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/?p=41\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-celtic-saints"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41\/revisions\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilgrimpath.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}