Holy Island Priory

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Holy Island Priory is a historic medieval monastic site on Lindisfarne in Northumberland, England, famed as an early center of Christianity in Anglo-Saxon Britain and for its role in producing the Lindisfarne Gospels.

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Holy Island Priory canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian monastic site ⓘ
medieval monastery ⓘ
ruined priory ⓘ
accessibleVia causeway ⓘ
architecturalStyle Norman architecture ⓘ
Romanesque ⓘ
associatedWith Anglo-Saxon monasticism ⓘ
Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne ⓘ
Saint Cuthbert ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
currentUse heritage site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholic Church (historical) ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
dissolved 1530s ⓘ
dissolvedDuring Dissolution of the Monasteries ⓘ
foundedAs Anglo-Saxon monastery ⓘ
foundedBy King Oswald of Northumbria ⓘ
Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne ⓘ
hasPart chapter house ⓘ
church ruins ⓘ
cloister ⓘ
monastic buildings ⓘ
refectory ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
Scheduled Monument ⓘ
inception AD 635 ⓘ
locatedIn Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria ⓘ
England ⓘ
Holy Island ⓘ
Lindisfarne ⓘ
Northumberland ⓘ
locatedNear Lindisfarne Castle ⓘ
locatedOn tidal island ⓘ
managedBy English Heritage ⓘ
nearbySettlement Holy Island village ⓘ
linked to: Lindisfarne village
notableFor Viking raid of 793 often cited as start of Viking Age in England ⓘ
early centre of Christianity in Anglo-Saxon Britain ⓘ
production of the Lindisfarne Gospels ⓘ
notableWorkProduced Lindisfarne Gospels ⓘ
order Benedictine Order ⓘ
linked to: Benedictines
ownedBy The Crown (UK) ⓘ
linked to: The Crown
partOf Diocese of Lindisfarne (historical) ⓘ
region North East England ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
significantEvent Viking raid of 793 ⓘ
significantPeriod Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ
Norman period ⓘ
touristInformation open to the public via English Heritage ⓘ

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Lindisfarne Priory → knownAs → Holy Island Priory ⓘ