[Aidan, St.], the archbishop of Lindisfarne, founder of the monastery, and the apostle of Northumbria, sent thither from Iona on the invitation of King Oswald in 635.
[Aignan], St., the bishop of Orleans, defended it against Attila and his Huns in 451.
[Aiguillon, Duke d'], corrupt minister of France, previously under trial for official plunder of money, which was quashed, at the corrupt court of Louis XV., and the tool of Mme. Du Barry, with whom he rose and fell (1720-1782).
[Aikin, Dr. John], a popular writer, and author, with Mrs. Barbauld, his sister, of "Evenings at Home" (1747-1822).
[Aikman, W.], an eminent Scotch portrait-painter (1682-1731).
[Ailly, Pierre d'], a cardinal of the Romish Church, and eminent as a theologian, presided at the council of Constance which condemned Huss (1350-1420).
[Ailsa Craig], a rocky islet of Ayrshire, 10 m. NW. of Girvan, 2 m. in circumference, which rises abruptly out of the sea at the mouth of the Firth of Clyde to a height of 1114 ft.
[Aimard, Gustave], a French novelist, born in Paris; died insane (1818-1883).
[Aimé, St.], archbishop of Sens, in France; d. 690; festival, 13th Sept.