Entities

Columbanus

  • fl. c.550–d. 615
  • Feast-day: 23 November
  • Bobbio, Luxeuil abbey
  • scholars, teachers
  • (agents)
Irish peregrinus, scholar, abbot and monastic founder known chiefly for his activities in the kingdoms of Merovingian Gaul and Lombard Italy. His foundations included Luxeuil and Bobbio.


See also: Bobbio
Bobbio
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Deicolus of Lure
Deicolus of Lure
(d. c.625)
Irish peregrinus, alleged to be a half-brother of Gall, disciple of Columbanus and founder of a hermitage at Lure/Lutre in Burgundy, which would become the abbey of Lure.

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Gall
Gall
(fl. 615)
Reputed founder of St. Gall in modern-day Switzerland and one of Columbanus’ companions. His 9th-century Lives written at Reichenau claim that he was of Irish origin.

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Luxeuil abbey
Luxeuil abbey
Monastery founded by the Irish missionary Columbanus.

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