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Columbanus
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Saint Columbanus (; 543 – 21 November 615) was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries after 590 in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms, most notably Luxeuil Abbey in present-day France and Bobbio Abbey in present-day Italy.
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Columbanus was a male monk, missionary, and writer associated with Celtic Christianity. Born in 543 in Leinster, he served as an abbot and was a student of Comgall. He spoke medieval Latin and Latin, and wrote in medieval Latin. His feast day is November 23.
He died on November 23, 615, in Bobbio, where he was buried at Bobbio Abbey. His canonization status is that of a saint. He is distinct from Columba. Sources describing him include the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1736
- Died
- 1780
- Works
- 1
Top works
- P. Columbani Roesser Benedictini Banzensis philos. in alma Wirceb. vnivers. profess. P. et O. Institutiones metaphysicae
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Recent publications · Crossref
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- St. Columbanus's Instruction on the Subject "Of Jesus Christ the Living Fountain, and of Coming to Him for Drink"
· 1852
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Key facts
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Columbanus
- Saint.image
- San Colombano.jpg
- Saint.alt
- Picture of Saint Columbanus
- Saint.caption
- Saint Columbanus, stained glass window, Bobbio Abbey crypt
- Saint.birth_date
- 543
- Saint.birth_place
- Kingdom of Leinster
- Saint.death_place
- Bobium, Kingdom of the Lombards
- Saint.venerated_in
- Eastern Orthodox ChurchRoman Catholic Church
- Saint.feast_day
- 23 November
via Wikipedia infobox
Works in European collections
5 objects attributed to Columbanus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Sources
- Biography and early life
- Frankish Gaul (c. 590 – 610)
- Conflict with Frankish Bishops
- Conflict with Brunhilda of Austrasia
- The Alps (611–612)
- Lombardy (612–615)
- Death
- Rule of Saint Columbanus
- Character
- Miracles
- Legacy
- Veneration
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Bibliography
- External links
Saint Columbanus (; 543 – 21 November 615) was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries after 590 in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms, most notably Luxeuil Abbey in present-day France and Bobbio Abbey in present-day Italy.
Columbanus taught an Irish monastic rule and penitential practices for those repenting of sins, which emphasised private confession to a priest, followed by penances imposed by the priest in reparation for the sins. Columbanus is one of the earliest identifiable Hiberno-Latin writers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Columbanus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.