person
Columbanus
Also known as Columban
medium
- born. c. 540medium · Wikidata P569
- died. 615-11-23high · Wikidata P570
Irish monk (d. 615) who founded Luxeuil and Bobbio and challenged Frankish bishops over the Easter date.
Wikipedia extract
Columbanus 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.
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- Columbanus · Wikipedia contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wikidata Q319653 · Wikidata contributorsAccessed 2026-11-12 · CC0 1.0
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1907-1912) article · Various (Catholic Encyclopedia)Accessed 2026-11-12 · 1907-1912 text public domain in the US; dated and confessional, use for history of reception
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- Q319653
- VIAF 61583084
- Library of Congress n83800471
- Trismegistos author 198
- Catholic Encyclopedia 04137a
irish-christianity · monasticism · 7th-century