biography
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Columban or Columbanus, St
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| lived:
| (c.543–615)
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| biography:
| Missionary and abbot, ‘the younger Columba’, born in Leinster, E Ireland. About 585 he went to Gaul and founded the monasteries of Anegray, Luxeuil, and Fontaine in the Vosges. His adherence to the Celtic Easter involved him in controversy, and the courage with which he rebuked the vices of the Burgundian court led to his expulsion. He later went to Lombardy, and in 612 founded the monastery of Bobbio, in the Appenines. Feast day 23 November. |
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