St Columba inhabited the lonely rock of Iona, amidst wild Hebridean seas. St Aidan made his home on Lindisfarne, encircled by the creeping Northumbrian tides. Then there was Aidan’s follower St ...

What it is: An illuminated manuscript of the four Christian gospels, made in the ninth century Where it is from: The island of Iona in Scotland's Inner Hebrides When it was made: About 1,200 years ...

Lindisfarne, also known as Holy Island, was one of the first landing sites of the Vikings. Monasteries were places where monks lived and worshipped. Most people respected the monks and gave them ...

Find out how they and the Island of Iona, Canterbury and Lindisfarne helped the rich and poor, royalty and ordinary folk of Britain to shift from worshipping many gods to devoting their time to ...