Columbanus

Also known as Columban, Saint Columbanus, St Columban

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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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Active from: 543
Active to: 615

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Recent publications · Crossref

4 total works indexed

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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

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Republic of Ireland
Place of birth: Leinster
Place of death: Bobbio
Occupation: writer
Position held: abbot
Languages spoken: Latin
Native language: Old Irish
Religion: Celtic Christianity
Student of: Comgall
Image: San Colombano.jpg

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Commons category: Saint Columbanus
feast day: November 23
canonization status: saint
date of birth: 0543-00-00
date of death: 0615-00-00
described by source: New International Encyclopedia
writing language: medieval Latin
different from: Columba
subject has role: abbot
name in native language: Columbanus

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Works in European collections

5 objects attributed to Columbanus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Article · Svenska

Columbanus, född 540 i Navan, död 23 november 615 i Bobbio, var en irisk munk och helgon. Columbanus, vars namn betyder "den vita duvan", drog efter 30 års verksamhet på Irland till Gallien tillsammans med tolv följeslagare. Där grundade han klostret Luxeuil. Han skrev en munkregel och även botböcker i de iriska klostrens strängt asketiska anda. Men på grund av konflikter med den lokala kyrkan måste han lämna Luxeuil omkring 600. En orsak till konflikten var irernas avvikande datum för påskfirandet. Columbanus drog vidare till Italien; hans lärjunge Gallus grundade på vägen klostret Sankt Gallen i Alperna. Columbanus grundade i klostret Bobbio. Med tiden övergick de columbanska klostren till benediktinregeln, men vidareförde många av de iriska traditionerna. Columbanus firas den 23 november.

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