Columba
Abbot of Iona, b. at Garten, County Donegal, Ireland, 7 December, 521;
From Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913, “St. Columba”
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According to Catholic tradition, as recorded in the sources cited for each patronage:
Argyle and the Isles
He is patron of two Scottish dioceses Argyle and the Isles and Dunkeld.
Recorded as patron of Argyle and the Isles in:
Dunkeld
He is patron of two Scottish dioceses Argyle and the Isles and Dunkeld.
Recorded as patron of Dunkeld in:
Ireland
This was the first foundation of St. Columba, the great Apostle of Scotland, and one of the three patron saints of Ireland.
Recorded as patron of Ireland in:
- Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913, School of Derry
- Butler, Lives of the Saints, 1812, ST. COLUMBA, OR COLUMKILLE, A.
Also recorded as patron:
Scotland
Recorded as patron of Scotland in:
- Butler, Lives of the Saints, 1812, ST. COLUMBA, OR COLUMKILLE, A.
Also recorded as patron:
Feast day
- June 9 · Traditional date, Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
From Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913, “St. Columba”
d. 9 June, 597.
He belonged to the Clan O'Donnell, and was of royal descent.
His father's name was Fedhlimdh and that of his mother Eithne.
On his father's side he was great-great-grandson of Niall of the Nine Hostages, an Irish king of the fourth century.
His baptismal name was Colum, which signifies a dove, hence the latinized form Columba.
It assumes another form in Colum-cille, the suffix meaning "of the Churches".
He was baptized at Tulach-Dubhglaise, now Temple-Douglas, by a priest named Cruithnechan, who afterwards became his tutor or foster-father.
When sufficiently advanced in letters he entered the monastic school of Moville under St. Finnian who had studied at St. Ninian's "Magnum Monasterium" on the shores of Galloway.
Columba at Moville monastic life and received the diaconate.