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Iwig

Hierodeacon of Lindisfarne

A hierodeacon of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, reposed around 690.

Feast
October 8old style October 21
Reposed
6907th century

Life

Saint Iwig (Ywi) was a monk at Lindisfarne in Northumbria and was ordained deacon by Saint Cuthbert. He reposed around 690. His relics were later moved to Wilton near Salisbury. He is commemorated on 8 October, as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar.

Commemorated the same day October 8