St. Aidan
? – 651
Irish

Christian missionary, Saint. The Celtic monasteries of Iona (from which he came) and Lindisfarne (which he founded) became famous as beacons of culture, art and learning in a dark and violent time.

Contemporaries
fl. c. 625–c. 706Wu Zetian
600–664Xuanzang
574–622Shotoku Taishi
581–644Omar
602–680Muawiyah I
570–632Mohammed
?–638Honorius I
605–633Fatima
521–597St. Columba
fl. 650Bhartrihari
fl. c. 550–c. 650Aneirin
613–678Aishah
573–634Abu-Bakr