X-Nico

4 unusual facts about St Aidan


St Aidan's Academy

St Aidan's Catholic Academy, a Roman Cathoic secondary school in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England

St Aidan's Church of England Academy, a Church of England secondary school in Darlington, County Durham, England

St Aidan's Catholic Academy

Ashbrooke Hall, in Ashbrooke Road, had originally been built for glassmaker James Hartley in 1864 by architect Thomas Moore, whose masterpiece was Monkwearmouth Station.

St Aidan's Catholic Academy (formerly St Aidan's Catholic School) is a Roman Catholic boys' secondary school and sixth form with academy status, situated in the Ashbrooke area of Sunderland.


Carlos Diego Loyzaga

He educated pre-school in Marcellis School, continued primary at St Aidan's Catholic School in Sydney, secondary at John Forrest Secondary College in Perth and later transferred in OB Montessori Center in Manila.

Jennifer James

Jenny attended St Aidan’s Primary School in Winstanley before attending St Edmund Arrowsmith School in Ashton in Makerfield.

St Boswells

In the 7th century Northumbria was ruled by the pagan leader Oswald who, upon converting to Christianity, established, with the help of St Aidan, a monastery at Lindisfarne, the Holy Island.


see also

Bettws Newydd

The site was originally an oratory or place of prayer and was founded by Saint Aedan of Ferns, who founded several churches in Wales and was also known as St Aidan of Llawhaden.

Charles Donagh Maginnis

In the Boston area, Maginnis also built the church of St. Catherine of Genoa in Somerville, Massachusetts, St. John The Evangelist in Cambridge and St. Aidan's Church in Brookline, Massachusetts where he was a parishioner along with the Kennedy family and other prominent Irish-Americans.

Fabian Cowper

Born as Peter Charles Cowper (pronounced "Cooper") in 1931 at Sandgate, Kent, one of the five children of Major Charles Deane Cowper, and his wife, Lorna, young Peter's career at Ampleforth began at St Aidan's House in September 1945.

Leeds Country Way

It skirts St Aidan's Country Park, and crosses the River Aire at Swillington Bridge.

Máedóc of Ferns

St. Aidan is also commemorated at St. Edan's Church of Ireland Cathedral in Ferns.