Bibliography

OʼLoughlin, Thomas, “The tombs of the saints: their significance for Adomnán”, in: John Carey, Máire Herbert, and Pádraig Ó Riain (eds), Studies in Irish hagiography: saints and scholars, Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2001. 1–14.

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“The tombs of the saints: their significance for Adomnán”
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John Carey (ed.) • Pádraig Ó Riain (ed.) • Máire Herbert (ed.), Studies in Irish hagiography: saints and scholars (2001)
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1–14
Year
2001
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AdomnánAdomnán
(fl. c.628–704)
Adomnán mac Rónáin was abbot of Iona (r. 679–704) and author of the Latin Life of St Columba and an account of the holy places of the Near East (De locis sanctis). He is credited with the proclamation of the Lex innocentium or Cáin Adomnáin at the Synod of Birr.
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June 2012, last updated: September 2018