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AIDAN (d. 6o6)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 435 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AIDAN (d. 6o6) , See also:king of the Scottish See also:kingdom of See also:Dalriada, was the son of Gabran, king of Dalriada, and became king after the See also:death of his kinsman King Conall, when he was crowned at See also:Iona by St See also:Columba. He refused to allow his kingdom to remain in dependence on the Irish Dalriada, but coming into collision with his See also:southern neighbours he led a large force against AEthelfrith, king of the Northumbrians, and was defeated at a See also:place called Daegsanstane, probably in See also:Liddesdale. See See also:Bede, Historiae Ecclesiasticae gentis Anglorum, edited by C. Plummer (See also:Oxford, 1896) ; See also:Adamnan, Vita S. Columbae, edited by J. T. See also:Fowler (Oxford, 1894).

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