The Burray Hoard was discovered by local man George Petrie on said Orcadian island #OTD in 1889. The Viking Age collection comprised more than 140 items of bullion and around a dozen coins. ©National Museums Scotland

lēoht-fæt, n.n: lamp, light, lantern. (LAY-o’ht-FAT / ˈleːɔxt-ˌfæt) Image: Bede’s prose Life of St Cuthbert; England (Durham), late 12th century; Medieval Manuscripts Yates Thompson MS 26, f. 74v. #OldEnglish #WOTD

Thou wast working
as a maiden
in a cocktail tavern
when I met thee

Apr 21: Feast of Máel Rubai (†722), apostle of the Picts. Irish monk who founded monastery at Apor Crossan (Applecross, Wester Ross), pictured. He also built a church on an island in Loch Maree, where his spring was famous for its healing properties. ©Brian Gillman

Apr 21: Feast of Æthelwold of Farne (†699), hermit. Monk and priest of Hrypis (Ripon) who succeeded Cuthbert in the Inner Farne hermitage in 687. Also March 23. ©Paul Buckingham

In order where have you lived?

Dundee
Glasgow

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The early medieval gold Escrick Ring was found by detectorist Michael Greenhorn in a field near York #OTD in 2009. ©York Museums Trust

A West Saxon assassin named Eomer tried to kill Eadwine, king of Bernicia and Deira, in his hall by the Derwent #OTD in 626. A thegn, Lilla, leapt into the blade’s path, dying alongside another man, Forthhere, before the assailant was slain.

Æthelred I, king of the Northumbrians, was assassinated by a group of conspirators which included the ealdormen Ealdred and Wada #OTD in 796. Æthelred’s queen was Ælfflæd, a daughter of Offa, king of the Mercians. Bamburgh Castle ©Clive Hicks

Apr 18: Feast of Laisrén (Molaise) (†639/41). Irish monk and perhaps bishop also venerated in Scotland. A cave hermitage off Arran bears his name. ©Sarah Lionheart

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The British Library announced it had acquired the St Cuthbert Gospel for the nation #OTD in 2012, following a successful fundraising appeal. An 8thC manuscript copy of the Gospel of St John, it is the earliest surviving intact European book. ©British Library

Aedán mac Gabráin, king of Dál Riata, died #OTD in 608. He campaigned in Orkney, the Isle of Man and against the Miathi of the Forth Valley. In 603, he was soundly defeated by Æthelfrith, king of Bernicia and Deira, at Degsastán (possibly Dawston Rigg, Liddesdale).

Apr 17: Feast of Eochaid (†635) of Lios Mór (Lismore), island church near Oban founded by Mo-Luóc in the 6thC. ©Otter

Apr 17: Feast of Donnán and companions (†617). An Irish monk of Iona, Donnán founded a monastery on Eigg, where raiders slew him and his brethren. ©LJ Cunningham

Apr 16: Feast of Magnus (†1116), principal saint of Orkney, Shetland and North Scotland. A Viking-turned-Christian captured by Magnus Barefoot, king of Norway, he escaped to the court of Máel Coluim III, king of Alba, and lived as penitent. Killed by cousin Haakon. ©Hew Morrison

Hrothweard became the first archbishop of York to sign a charter of a southern king, namely Æthelstan, #OTD in 928. ©Athelstan Museum

Ealdwulf, archbishop of York and Worcester, disentombed the relics of his predecessor Oswald (†992) and enshrined them near the altar at the Church of St Mary, Worcester, #OTD in 1002.

Some early Christian monuments, currently stored inside Monigaff Church, are on the move as the Church of Scotland sells this historic Kircudbrightshire church.

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Classic serpents from Aberlemno for #standingstoneSunday