Columba
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columba-162-5197634
title:
Columba
text:
Columba or Colmcille was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is today Scotland at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission. He founded the important abbey on Iona, which became a dominant religious and political institution in the region for centuries. He is the patron saint of Derry. He was highly regarded by both the Gaels of Dál Riata and the Picts, and is remembered today as a Catholic saint and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. Columba
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Irish missionary monk, one of Ireland's three patron saints
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columba
date created:
2001-09-27T07:48:35Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T19:45:28Z
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13
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