St Aidan Returns King Penda’s Fire
In 651, King Penda of Mercia laid siege to Bamburgh Castle, capital of Bernicia, hoping to burn down its wooden gates. But St Aidan, on the island of Lindisfarne across the bay, saw the smoke of the burning and called on God. At once a brisk wind blew the flames back on the beseigers, and put them to flight.
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