St Cuthbert's School used to stand on the site of the borehole in the 1920s.
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The university is hosting an exhibition from July which will also include items from St Cuthbert's tomb.
The monks landed up in Durham in about 990, where they built a cathedral and shrine to St Cuthbert.
The Gospels, created by monks on Northumberland's Holy Island in AD700, in honour of St Cuthbert, are currently in the British Library.
The exhibition, from 1 July will display Europe's oldest surviving bound book, the St Cuthbert Gospel, Anglo-Saxon artefacts and medieval manuscripts.
Mr Rust fantasises that there may come a day when both the Newcastle and Sunderland football teams run out with shirts emblazoned with St Cuthbert's cross.
The exhibition, launched to coincide with St Cuthbert's Day, will also display Europe's oldest surviving bound book, the St Cuthbert Gospel, Anglo-Saxon artefacts and medieval manuscripts.
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The Gospels were carried for 200 years around the region together with the body of St Cuthbert before reaching Durham in AD995, where they remained until the Reformation.
It will be the first time since the 16th century that the jewelled cross, travelling altar and sapphire ring found in St Cuthbert's coffin are shown alongside the Gospels.
BBC: Lindisfarne Gospels Durham exhibition tickets go on sale
It will be the first time since the 16th Century that the jewelled cross, travelling altar and sapphire ring found in St Cuthbert's coffin will be shown alongside the Gospels.
They were carried 1, 000 miles around the region from Holy Island, with the body of St Cuthbert, for 200 years before reaching Durham Cathedral in AD995, where they remained until the Reformation.
BBC: Lindisfarne Gospels Durham exhibition tickets go on sale
The Gospels were carried 1, 000 miles around the region from Holy Island, with the body of St Cuthbert, for 200 years before reaching Durham Cathedral in AD995, where they remained until the Reformation.
But Henry VIII's battles with the church ended this semi-autonomy, and in 1537, partly to show that his writ was now unchallenged throughout England, his henchmen smashed open St Cuthbert's tomb and carried off the Gospels to London.
He suggests that the cross of St Cuthbert, abbot of Lindisfarne when it was a European centre of Christian learning in the 8th century, has a wider appeal because it was also adopted by the Prince Bishops of Durham.
Meanwhile a Gateshead vicar, the Reverend Tony Hodgson, and his supporters are planning to lay siege to the British Library on March 21st (the day after St Cuthbert's Day) with what they say will be a celebration of Northumbrian culture, featuring folk musicians.
Substitute Conor Sammon threatened a late equaliser but was foiled by Scott Cuthbert's tackle as St Mirren saw out their win.
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