[MR] St A...who??

[SusanTillery]

No, it looks like, according to Bede, St. Aidan of
Lindisfarne died of illness.

Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, Book III
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/bede-book3.html

Marybeth Lavrakas wrote:
> 
> I'd certainly like to see a full description of St
> Aedan and why he's the patron of the order posted to
> the merry rose.  I feel pretty secure we're not
> talking about St. Aidan, of Lindisfarne, as he did not
> die in battle!  Unless it was against those pesky
> Vikings, but  I really don't think so...and I just
> don't have time to look it up for myself.
> 

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