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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Aidan of Lindisfarne

600 - 651

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Aidan of Lindisfarne (Irish: Naomh Aodhán; died 31 August 651) was an Irish monk and missionary credited with converting the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity in Northumbria. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aidan of Lindisfarne has received more than 518,103 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Aidan of Lindisfarne is the 2,257th most popular religious figure (down from 1,742nd in 2019), the 179th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 141st in 2019) and the 16th most popular Irish Religious Figure.

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  • 21

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  • 2.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Aidan of Lindisfarne ranks 2,257 out of 2,238Before him are Gad, Abraham of Smolensk, Antipope Theodoric, Anselmo Lorenzo, Giuseppe Caprio, and Thomas Tien Ken-sin. After him are Carlos Osoro Sierra, Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, Seán Patrick O'Malley, Francesco Monterisi, Shemon Bar Sabbae, and Georg von Kopp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Aidan of Lindisfarne ranks 62Before him are Justus, Ino Anastasia, Ceolwulf of Wessex, Zotto, Faroald I of Spoleto, and Cearl of Mercia. After him are Arechis I of Benevento, Hussa of Bernicia, Deusdedit of Canterbury, Ariulf of Spoleto, Sigeberht the Little, and Tytila of East Anglia. Among people deceased in 651, Aidan of Lindisfarne ranks 2Before him is Radoald of Benevento. After him is Grasulf II of Friuli.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Aidan of Lindisfarne ranks 179 out of 501Before him are Paul Kane (1810), Seán O'Casey (1880), Finnian of Clonard (470), Domhnall Gleeson (1983), Maeve Binchy (1939), and Richard Todd (1919). After him are Dorothea Jordan (1761), Robert Mallet (1810), William Thompson (1775), Andrew Scott (1976), Herbert Brenon (1880), and Yvonne Farrell (1951).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ireland

Among religious figures born in Ireland, Aidan of Lindisfarne ranks 16Before him are Kevin of Glendalough (498), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), Catald (700), Hugh O'Flaherty (1898), Adomnán (624), and Finnian of Clonard (470). After him are Violet Gibson (1876), Oliver Plunkett (1625), Ciarán of Clonmacnoise (516), Desmond Connell (1926), Geoffrey Keating (1569), and Seán Brady (1939).