Monument for Lindisfarne’s Cuthbert

A MEMORIAL to Cuthbert of Lindisfarne has been restored after nearly 500 years, reported The Guardian English Heritage has unveiled the new monument at Lindisfarne Priory after the original was removed during Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries.

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The Drew Barrymore , Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt said: ‘We met each other at church. It was very sweet. But he didn’t like try and pick me up in church.’

Both Katherine and Chris (pictured) have been vocal about their Christian faith. In an MTV award acceptance speech in 2018, Chris said: ‘God is real, God loves you, God wants the best for you. Believe that. I do.’

‘This is the first time in 468 years that there has been something to memorialise the fact that Cuthbert was actually buried here,’ said Mark Douglas, senior properties curator.

Cuthbert was a seventh-century monk who became Bishop of Lindisfarne. He was famous for ‘his holiness, charm and teaching skills’, reported the newspaper, and he was said to have gifts of prophecy and healing.

The new memorial, designed by sculptor Russ Coleman, is a significant moment, said Mark, because ‘the presence of Cuthbert here is so, so important and it’s a mistake not to recognise that. He is not a sideline to the story, he is the story.’