Publications of the Scottish History Society volume 60
Publications of the Scottish History Society volume 60
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Iii. Mentions the monastery of lona, one of the Hebrides, an ^ ^'^' ^' island now supposed to be uncivilised and unlettered, from which, says Bede, ^ a bishop was sent in succession to Aidan to confirm England in the faith of Christ, who among other benefits left the clergy an admirable example of self-denial and continence. In a later passage Bede speaks of Fursey, * sprung from a noble Scottish family, who preached the Gospel among the East Anglians, converted many unbelievers to the faith, a...nd built a monastery in that region. Bede confidently records his virtues and his angelic vision.^ It is manifest, therefore, that the Northumbrian English as well as the East Angles who now inhabit Essex owed their Christianity to the Scots. Bede also declares that those who fled to Scotland from persecution in England were received with hospitality ^^'^I'fJ^f^' and kindliness, and were granted their daily food without Scottish charge, books to read, and instruction by their hosts. It is E°ng?sh exiles pertinent here to quote the statement of Francis Godwin in his work on the English bishops :^ 'In the reign of Oswald, King of Northumbria, envoys were sent to the Scots, among whom at that time were many God-fearing men of great learning' — (those words should especially be noted: 'many > Oswald recovered the Northumbrian kingdom in 634, and at his invitation Aidan arrived from lona in the following year.
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