Search results
Patronage. Derry, floods, bookbinders, poets, Ireland, and Scotland. Columba ( / kəˈlʌmbəˌ ˈkɒlʌmbə /) or Colmcille [a] (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.
Apr 16, 2024 · St. Columba (born c. 521, Gartan [in County Donegal, Ireland]—died June 8/9, 597, Iona [Inner Hebrides, Scotland]; feast day June 9) is an Irish saint who is credited with having had a main role in the conversion of Scotland to Christianity in the 6th century. He is a patron saint of Scotland and one of the three patron saints of Ireland ...
SAINT COLUMBA, ABBOT, CONFESSOR—521-597. Feast: June 6. Columba, the most famous of the saints associated with Scotland, was actually an Irishman of the O'Neill or O'Donnell clan, born about the year 521 at Garton, County Donegal, in north Ireland. Of royal lineage on both sides, his father, Fedhlimidh, or Phelim, was great-grandson to Niall ...
St. Columba, also known as Colum Cille, which means ‘Dove of the Church’ in Irish, is a pivotal figure in the early spread of Christianity in Scotland. This Irish abbot and missionary evangelist’s life was filled with legendary tales, including a confrontation with a monster in Loch Ness and significant efforts to convert Scotland to ...
Jun 9, 2023 · Columba’s mother Ethne was a descendent of Cathair Mor, the progenitor of the kings of Leinster. His father was Fedelmid mac Ferguso, a descendent of the great Uí Néill chieftains who ...
Aug 1, 2006 · Columba was born of a noble family around 521 in Donegal, Ireland, and died on the island of Iona, off the west coast of Scotland, in 597. Early destined for the priesthood, he later took monastic vows and kept them with a feisty zeal (he is attributed with founding twenty-five monasteries and forty churches by the age of twenty-five!).
