A is for Aidan, the enigmatic Irish bishop who brought with him the Irish Christianity of Iona and seeded it in the landscape of Northumbria. When King Oswald fought his first battle in 633, he erected a wooden cross before the battle near Hexham. Once victory was his and the kingdom secured, he sent to Iona for a bishop. Aidan arrived two years later, and so began the mystical Celtic Christian influence in Anglo-Saxon England. This programme looks at information about Aidan's past, his Irish role as Anmchara (soul friend) to the King, his spirituality and its inspiartion for the modern world.
This film was first broadcast: 17 Oct 1995
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