Columba
Sign in to saveColumba () or Colmcille (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is today Scotland at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission. He founded the important abbey on Iona, which became a dominant religious and political institution in the region for centuries. He is the patron saint of Derry. He was highly regarded by both the Gaels of Dál Riata and the Picts, and is remembered today as a Catholic saint and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.
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Columba was an Irish abbot and missionary who lived from 521 to 597 AD and played a key role in spreading Christianity to Scotland, founding the influential abbey on Iona that became a major religious and political center for centuries. He is venerated today as a Catholic saint and patron saint of Derry, and is remembered as one of the most important figures in early Christian history in the British Isles.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1858
- Died
- 1923
- Works
- 81
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- Correspondance 1881-1923
- Suffering with Christ
- The Structure of God's plan
- The English letters of Abbot Marmion, 1858-1923
- The Trinity in our spiritual life
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Columba are a band from Clydebank(Scotland) who think music and a good time go hand in hand, there are four members who are Jamie Davidson ( guitar, lead vocals ), John Carson (lead guitar, backing vocals ), Scott Campbell, (bass guitar), and Tony Osborne, (drums). They have been brought together by the power of playing and making music and HAVING A GOOD TIME !!!!! <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Columba">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Columba () or Colmcille (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is today Scotland at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission. He founded the important abbey on Iona, which became a dominant religious and political institution in the region for centuries. He is the patron saint of Derry. He was highly regarded by both the Gaels of Dál Riata and the Picts, and is remembered today as a Catholic saint and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.
Columba studied under some of Ireland's most prominent church figures and founded several monasteries in the country. Around 563 AD he and his twelve companions crossed to Dunaverty near Southend, Argyll, in Kintyre before settling in Iona in Scotland, then part of the Ulster kingdom of Dál Riata, where they founded a new abbey as a base for spreading Christianity among the pagan Northern Pictish kingdoms. He remained active in Irish politics, though he spent most of the remainder of his life in Scotland. Three surviving early-medieval Latin hymns are attributed to him.