Lindisfarne, Wearmouth-Jarrow, and major Northumbrian monasteries (635–820)

1. Aidan founds Lindisfarne monastery

   Jan 1, 635Labels: Aidan, Lindisfarne, King Oswald

   • Britannica
   • Lindisfarne

2. Aidan dies; Lindisfarne’s mission continues

   Jan 1, 651Labels: Aidan, Lindisfarne

   • Lindisfarne

3. Hild establishes Whitby’s double monastery

   Jan 1, 657Labels: Hild, Whitby, Streoneshalch

   • EnglishHeritage
   • Britannica

4. Synod of Whitby chooses Roman church customs

   Jan 1, 664Labels: Synod of, King Oswiu

   • Britannica
   • EnglishHeritage

5. Council of Hertford advances church organization

   Jan 1, 672Labels: Council of, Theodore of

   • Hertford

6. Benedict Biscop founds Wearmouth monastery

   Jan 1, 674Labels: Benedict Biscop, Wearmouth, St Peter's

   • Monkwearmouth
   • Biscop

7. Bede enters monastic life at Wearmouth

   Jan 1, 680Labels: Bede, Wearmouth

   • BedeNet
   • Monkwearmouth

8. Jarrow founded as Wearmouth’s sister house

   Jan 1, 685Labels: Jarrow, Wearmouth, St Paul's

   • Monkwearmouth
   • Biscop

9. Cuthbert becomes bishop of Lindisfarne

   Jan 1, 685Labels: Cuthbert, Lindisfarne

   • Britannica

10. Lindisfarne raises Cuthbert’s relics to the altar

    Mar 20, 698Labels: Cuthbert, Lindisfarne

    • LindisfarneCtr
    • Britannica

11. Codex Amiatinus produced at Wearmouth–Jarrow

    Jan 1, 700Labels: Codex Amiatinus, Wearmouth Jarrow

    • Amiatinus
    • Monkwearmouth

12. Lindisfarne Gospels created under Bishop Eadfrith

    Jan 1, 715Labels: Lindisfarne Gospels, Eadfrith

    • Britannica
    • LindisfarneCtr

13. Ceolfrith carries Codex Amiatinus toward Rome

    Jan 1, 716Labels: Ceolfrith, Codex Amiatinus

    • Amiatinus
    • Monkwearmouth

14. Bede completes the Ecclesiastical History

    Jan 1, 731Labels: Bede, Ecclesiastical History

    • IslandGuide
    • Bede

15. Viking sack of Lindisfarne shocks Christian Europe

    Jun 8, 793Labels: Viking raid, Lindisfarne

    • LindisfarneRaid
    • Alcuin

16. Viking attack hits Wearmouth–Jarrow

    Jan 1, 794Labels: Viking attack, Wearmouth Jarrow

    • Monkwearmouth