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 ...

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Sometime around the turn of the 8th century, on Lindisfarne, a windswept island off the English coast in Northumbria, a monk by the name of Eadfrith sits down and sharpens his quill. He dips it into ...

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 ...

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 ...

How much would you pay for a very rare book? The British Library in London has just paid about $14 million to purchase Europe's oldest intact book, known as the St. Cuthbert Gospel. It's a copy of the ...

Lindisfarne (also known as "Holy Island") is a tidal island located off the east coast of the United Kingdom. It's known for a Christian monastery founded in the 7th century that suffered a Viking ...

Durham sculptor Fenwick Lawson’s artwork, The Journey, pays tribute to one of the most legendary stories in a region filled with legends. In 793 AD, Lindisfarne was attacked by Vikings. The coffin of ...

In a specially-prepared space upstairs at Laing Art Gallery, The Lindisfarne Gospels - classed as one of the world's greatest treasures - awaits the arrival of tens of thousands of visitors. The ...