Memorial to St Cuthbert restored to Lindisfarne after nearly 500 years

The new monument to mark the original burial place of St Cuthbert will go on display at Lindisfarne Priory in Northumberland, which reopens on 18 February. Photograph: English Heritage/PA

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.