Columbanus


Columbanus
Picture of Saint Columbanus
Saint Columbanus, stained glass window, Bobbio Abbey crypt
Born543
Leinster, Kingdom of Meath
Died21 November 615(615-11-21) (aged 71–72)
Bobium, Kingdom of the Lombards
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
Feast23 November

Columbanus (Irish: Columbán; 543 – 23 November 615)[1] 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.[1]

  1. ^ a b Edmonds, Columba (1908). "St. Columbanus". The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

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