Mysterious island monk explored in new book

From The Oban Times:

The prehistoric and medieval landmarks of western Scotland take centre stage in a new book telling the story of one of the greatest northern saints.

The Man Who Gave his Horse to a Beggar, by John Connell, follows in the footsteps of Aidan of Lindisfarne, taking the reader on an odyssey through Ireland and northern Britain.

The lavishly-illustrated book features photographs from award-winning writer and exhibition designer Phil Cope, and is a biography of a man about whom little is known until now.

Part-biography and part-pilgrimage, The Man Who Gave his Horse To A Beggar takes the reader back in time but also asks what lessons this neglected holy man might have for our own troubled times.

read more here @ The Oban Times

further reading:

Medieval Sourcebook: Bede's Ecclesiastical History

PASE: Aidan of Lindisfarne