Halfdan's army ravaged Northumbria and attacked Lindisfarne again, forcing the monastic community to flee with the remains of St Cuthbert. The monks wandered for over a century before settling at Chester-le-Street, then eventually Durham. Cuthbert's relics became a rallying point for Northumbrian Christian identity under Norse rule, and his cult shaped the medieval north. The wanderings of the Lindisfarne community are one of the most poignant stories of the Viking Age.
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