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Description: | Roughly modelled figure of the bald-headed saint in monk's garb facing south with torch in raised left hand and bronze crook in right. The shaft of a celtic cross supports the figure's back. It stands on a simple base. Additional Information: An Iona-trained monk and bishop, St Aidan (died AD 651) was invited by King Oswald of Northumbria to convert his subjects to Christianity and founded the monastic community at Lindisfarne in AD 635. He was closely associated with the royal court at Bamburgh and credited with saving the (then) city from fire and seige with his prayers. He was also a friend of the needy. Bede says that he never travelled by horse and used the gifts of the rich and powerful to ransom the enslaved and aid the poor. During his sixteen-year episcopate he built several chapels.(1) | Subjects: | Sculpture | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Sculptor: Parbury, Kathleen | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=7529... | Go to resource |
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