Feast day:  May 26 He is the founder of the Church in southern  England , which at that time was almost entirely pagan, thoug...

Bishop of  Lindisfarne . Born in  Ireland ; died 651.  Also known as Aeda or Áedán (in old Irish). Saint Aidan is said to ha...

 The second of seven brothers, sons of Ethelfrid, who was grandson of Ida, founder of the Kingdom of Northumbria in 547. Oswald'...

Theologian Robert Beckford 's personal view of the dark ages in which he explores how warring pagan tribes became one nation under a sin...

Robin Fleming's latest book. Britain after Rome, is the latest addition to The Penguin History of Britain series. Focusing mainly on Eng...

Some of the rarest Anglo-Saxon finds, that date back to the 7th Century, will open in an exhibition on the 28th May 2011. Some pieces from a...

About The Commemoration We know about Willibrord’s life and missionary labors through a notice in the Venerable Bede’s Ecclesiastic...