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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 435 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AIDAN , or tEDAN, first See also:

bishop of Lindisfarne, a See also:monk of See also:Hii (See also:Iona), was sent by the See also:abbot Senegi to See also:Northumbria, at the See also:request of See also:King See also:Oswald, A.D. 634-635• He restored See also:Christianity, and in accordance with the traditions of Irish See also:episcopacy See also:chose the See also:island of Lindisfarne; See also:close to the royal See also:city of Bamborough, as his see. Although he retained the Irish See also:Easter, his See also:character and See also:energy in missionary See also:work won him the respect of See also:Honorius and See also:Felix. He survived Oswald, and died shortly after the See also:murder of his friend Oswine of See also:Deira, on the 31st of See also:August 651, in the 17th See also:year of his episcopate. See See also:Bede, Hist. Eccl. (ed. Plummer), iii. 3, 5, 17, 25. AIDE-DE-See also:CAMP (Fr. for camp-assistant or, perhaps, See also:field-assistant), an officer of the See also:personal See also:staff of a See also:general, who acts as his confidential secretary in routine matters. In See also:Great See also:Britain the See also:office of aide-de-camp to the king is given as a See also:reward or an honorary distinction. In many See also:foreign armies the word See also:adjutant is used for an aide-de-camp, and adjutant general for a royal aide-de-camp.

The See also:

common See also:abbreviation for aide-de-camp in the See also:British service is " A.D.C.," and in the See also:United States "aid." See also:Civil See also:governors, such as the See also:lord See also:lieutenant of See also:Ireland, have also, as a See also:rule, See also:officers on their staffs with the See also:title and functions of aides-de-camp.

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