Memorial to St Cuthbert restored to Lindisfarne after nearly 500 years

English Heritage to unveil new monument after original removed during Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries

He was and remains “northern England’s most popular saint”, according to the Oxford Dictionary of Saints, but it has taken five centuries to replace a monument to Cuthbert on the spot of his original tomb.

It is long overdue, some will say. It is entirely deserved, say English Heritage which will on Saturday reveal the memorial at Lindisfarne Priory, in Northumberland.