Community of Aidan and Hilda – USA

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Who Was Aidan?

AIDAN (Died 651 AD) – the bold and gentle evangelist and teacher -: “Aidan gave an inspiring example of self-discipline and continence, and the highest recommendation of his teaching to all was that he and his followers lived as they taught. He never sought or cared for any worldly possessions, and loved to give away to the poor who chanced to meet him whatever he received from kings and wealthy folk. Whether in town or country, he always traveled on foot unless compelled by necessity to ride, and whatever people he met on his walks, whether high or low, he stopped and spoke to them. If they were heathen, he urged them to be baptized; and if they were Christians, he strengthened them by word and deed to live a good life and to be generous to others. His life is in marked contrast to the apathy of our own times.” Venerable Bede Ecclesiastical History of the English People Chapter III, 5.

Who Was Hilda?

Hilda of Whitby or Hild of Whitby (c. 614–680) is a Christian saint and the founding abbess of the monastery at Whitby, which was chosen as the venue for the Synod of Whitby. An important figure in the conversion of Anglo-Saxon England to Christianity, she was abbess at several monasteries and recognised for the wisdom that drew kings to her for advice. The source of information about Hilda is the Ecclesiastical History of the English by the Venerable Bede in 731, who was born approximately eight years before her death. He documented much of the Christian conversion of the Anglo-Saxons.

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