SAINT COLMAN (d. 676)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V06,
Page 695
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
SAINT COLMAN (d. 676)
, bishop of Lindisfarne, was probably an Irish See also: - MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
- MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
- MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
- MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)
at Iona
.
Journeying southwards he became bishop of Lindisfarne in 661, and a favoured friend of Oswio, 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)
of Northumbria
.
He was at the synod of Whitby in 664, when the great dispute between the Roman and the Celtic parties in the See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
was considered; as spokesman of the latter party he upheld the Celtic usages, but King Oswio decided against him and his cause was lost
.
After this event Colman and some monks went to Iona and then to Ireland
.
He settled on the island of Inishbofin, where he built a monastery and where he died on the 8th of August 676
.
Colman must be distinguished from St Colman of Cloyne (c
.
522–600), an Irish saint, who became a Christian about 570; and also from another Irishman, St Colman Ela (553–610), a kinsman of St Columba
.
The word Colman is derived from the Latin columbus, a dove, and the Book of Leinster mentions 209 saints of this name
.
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