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Columbanus (Irish: Columbán; 543 – 23 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.
Oct 3, 2018 · Saint Columbanus or “Columbán” (543-615 CE) was one of the greatest missionaries of the early Catholic Church who led the “Hiberno-Scottish mission” of conversion across much of what is now Western Europe in the late 6th and early 7th century CE.
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The handsome and hot-headed Columbanus was one of Western Europe's most successful evangelists ever. According to Columbanus's first biographer, writing a mere 28 years after his...
Nov 26, 2020 · Learn about Saint Columban (Columbanus), the greatest of the Irish missionaries who worked on the European continent. He established several monasteries in Europe, wrote on penance and Arianism, and challenged the king of the Lombards.
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Learn about the life and legacy of St. Columbanus, an Irish monk who founded several monasteries in France and Italy in the sixth century. He was known for his holiness, zeal, learning, and strict observance of the Celtic Easter.
Saint Columbanus. Columbanus, Saint, was born about 545, of an illustrious Leinster family. Endowed with extraordinary talents, he retired to the monastery of Bangor, in Ulster, where, under the tuition of St. Comgall, he spent a considerable portion of his life in meditation and study.
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Columbanus of Bobbio The founder of several European monasteries, St. Columbanus was born c. 543 in Leinster, Ireland, and was educated at Bangor. Late in life (c. 590), he left Ireland to establish, at the invitation of King Childebert of Burgandy, a monastery at Annegray.
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