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112:17 February, 9 February
1273:Burials at Lindisfarne
1233:Bishops of Lindisfarne
1124:Henry Montagu Villiers
1044:Episcopacy abolished (
979:Christopher Bainbridge
807:William of St. Barbara
578:Bishops of Lindisfarne
342:Earliest English Kings
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1243:Irish Christian monks
886:Late Medieval Bishops
872:Robert of Holy Island
767:High Medieval Bishops
522:Bishop of Lindisfarne
421:Kirby, D. P. (2000).
245:Roman Catholic Church
29:Bishop of Lindisfarne
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1134:J. B. Lightfoot
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141:from 651 until 661.
119:Finan of Lindisfarne
22:Finan of Lindisfarne
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158:Theodore of Tarsus
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184:Sigebert of Essex
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1169:Ian Ramsey
1053:John Cosin
877:Antony Bek
605:United to
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131:Iona Abbey
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653:Heathwred
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251:Citations
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104:Sainthood
99:Christian
61:Successor
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689:Cutheard
638:Cynewulf
628:Eadfrith
623:Eadberht
618:Cuthbert
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709:Sexhelm
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668:Eardulf
663:Eanbert
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461:Finan 1
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739:Aldhun
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