See also:ADAMNAN, or ADOMNAN (c. 624-704)
, Irish See also:saint and historian, was See also:born at Raphoe, See also:Donegal, See also:Ireland, about the See also:year 624
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In 679 he was elected See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot of Hy or See also:Iona, being ninth in See also:succession from the founder, St See also:Columba
.
While on a See also:mission to the See also:court of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King Aldfrith of See also:Northumberland in 686, he was led to adopt the See also:Roman rules with regard to the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time for celebrating See also:Easter and the See also:tonsure, and on his return to Iona he tried without success to enforce the See also:change upon the monks
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He died on the 23rd of See also:September 704
.
See also:Adamnan wrote a See also:Life of St Columba, which, though abounding in fabulous See also:matter, is of See also:great See also:interest and value
.
The best See also:editions are those published by W
.
See also:Reeves (1857, new edit
.
See also:Edinburgh, 1874) and by J
.
T
.
See also:Fowler (See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, 1894)
.
Adamnan's other well-known See also:work, De Locis See also:Sanctis (edited by P
.
Geyer, Itinera Hierosolymitana saeculi, iii.-viii., &c., 1898; vol
.
39 of Bienna Corpus Script
.
Ecc
.
Latin) was based, according to See also:Bede, on See also:information received from See also:Arculf, a See also:French See also:bishop, who, on his return from the See also:Holy See also:Land, was wrecked on the See also:west See also:coast of See also:Britain, and was entertained for a time at Iona
.
This was first published at See also:Ingolstadt in 1619 by J
.
Gretser, who also defended See also:Baronius' See also:acceptance of Arculf's narrative against See also:Casaubon
.
An See also:English See also:translation by G
.
J
.
R
.
See also:Macpherson, Arculfus' See also:Pilgrimage in the Holy Land, was published by the See also:Pilgrim's See also:Text Society (See also:London, 1889)
.
For full bibliography see U
.
See also:Chevalier, Repert. See also:des See also:sources historiques (1903), p
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