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本帖最后由 ngsunyu 于 2011-12-1 11:39 编辑
圣岛是個很寧靜的小島,不僅是因為她自第7世紀開始便成為了基督教的宗教聖地 ,更是因為它獨特的自然景觀和生態,吸引不計其數的游客到島上感受她的氣息 ,小島本身和英格蘭本島之間隔著海,每天有不同的退漲潮時間,退潮時間會出現一條寬廣的道路供人行駛往返。象是小型的圣米歇尔山(法语:Mont-Saint-Michel) 因为三公里长堤道连接諾森伯蘭郡(Northumberland)到圣岛只在低潮时可通行。
林迪斯法恩 修道院在第7世紀時就已經存在了 ,只可惜現今只剩下部分的遺址,但也不難看出當時全盛時期她的壯觀程度。(http://helengoforit.pixnet.net/b ... 5~9-weeks-pregnant-)
Lindisfarne is a tidal island off the north-east coast of England. It is also known as Holy Island (圣岛)。The monastery of Lindisfarne was founded by Irish monk Saint Aidan, who had been sent from Iona off the west coast of Scotland to Northumbria at the request of King Oswald ca. AD 635. It became the base for Christian evangelising in the North of England and also sent a successful mission to Mercia. Monks from the community of Iona settled on the island. Northumberland's patron saint, Saint Cuthbert, was a monk and later Abbot of the monastery, and his miracles and life are recorded by the Venerable Bede. Cuthbert later became Bishop of Lindisfarne. He was buried here, his remains later translated to Durham Cathedral (along with the relics of Saint Eadfrith of Lindisfarne). Eadberht of Lindisfarne, the next bishop (and Saint) was buried in the place from which Cuthbert's body was exhumed earlier the same year when the priory was abandoned in the late ninth century. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindisfarne) |
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