Columba di Iona

Also known as St. Columba, Saint Columba, St Columba, Colmcille, Colum Cille

abate e santo irlandese

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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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Saint.honorific_prefix: Saint
Saint.name: Columba
Saint.image: Columba at Bridei's fort.jpg
Saint.caption: Saint Columba, Apostle to the Picts
Saint.titles: Apostle of the Picts
Saint.birth_date: 7 December 521 AD
Saint.birth_place: Gartan, Tyrconnell, Gaelic Ireland
Saint.death_date: 9 June 597 AD (aged 75)
Saint.death_place: Iona, Dál Riata
Saint.feast_day: 9 June
Saint.venerated_in: Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox ChurchAnglicanism Lutheranism
Saint.major_shrine: Iona, Scotland
Saint.attributes: Monk's robes, Celtic tonsure and crosier
Saint.patronage: Derry, floods, bookbinders, poets, Ireland and Scotland

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Gaelic Ireland
Place of birth: County Donegal
Place of death: Iona
Occupation: missionary
Position held: abbot
Languages spoken: Latin
Religion: Christianity
Notable work: Cathach of St. Columba
Student of: Finnian of Clonard
Field of work: Christianity
Conflict: Battle of Cúl Dreimhne
Image: Stained Glass Window in St Margaret's Chapel.jpg
Residence: County Donegal

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Commons category: Saint Columba
date of birth: 0521-12-07
date of death: 0597-06-09
canonization status: saint
Commons gallery: Columba
member of: Twelve Apostles of Ireland
place of burial: Iona
feast day: June 9
writing language: Latin
name in native language: Columba
nickname: Apôtre des Scots
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different from: Columbanus
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Article · Italiano

Columba di Iona, in gaelico irlandese Colum Cille, che significa "colomba della Chiesa" (Gartan, 7 dicembre 521 – Iona, 9 giugno 597), è stato uno dei più importanti monaci irlandesi tra coloro che introdussero il Cristianesimo in Scozia nell'Alto Medioevo. Il giorno della sua festa è il 9 giugno e con san Patrizio (festeggiato il 17 marzo) e santa Brigida d'Irlanda (festeggiata il 1º febbraio) è uno dei santi patroni dell'Irlanda. Oltre che a Iona, san Columba è molto venerato nella comunità irlandese che porta il suo nome, Glencolumbkille ("Vallata di Columba" dal gaelico irlandese), nella penisola di Slieve League.

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