Lindisfarne

British

/ ˈlɪndɪsˌfɑːn /

noun

another name for Holy Island

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A couple hundred people have settled into a safe-enough life on Lindisfarne, an island that’s less than a mile from shore.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025

As a side note, Lindisfarne remains so small and remote that it doesn’t even have any doctors today.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025

Vikings destroyed the monastery of Lindisfarne in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, which had been a celebrated center of learning.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Historic finds are not uncommon on Lindisfarne, which was home to a monastery founded in 635 by Irish monk St Aidan.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2023

Eadbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, 192, 296, 297, 353 n.; illness and death, 297; buried with Cuthbert at Lindisfarne, 297, 302 n.; posthumous miracles, 297, 298.

From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert

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