Event: Church/monastery/minster foundation/dedication/restoration
Finan 1
.construction of church at Lindisfarne
Asserted in:
Bede.HE
iii.25
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Description
Finan 1
constructed a church suitable for an episcopal see.
Primary Source Info
Original Text
fecit ecclesiam episcopali sedi congruam
Persons associated with this Event:
Agent
:
Finan 1
(
Bishop of Lindisfarne, 651?661
) : He built it after the Irish method, not of stone, but of hewn oak, thatching with reeds.
(Other)
:
Theodore 1
(
Archbishop of Canterbury, 668-690
) : He consecrated it in honour of St Peter.
(Other)
:
Eadberht 3
(
Bishop of Lindisfarne, 688?698
) : He removed the reed thatch and had the whole of it covered with sheets of lead.
Locations associated with this Event:
Lindisfarne, St Peter's: (
Church
), now
Lindisfarne, Northumberland