Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

COLUMBAN (543-615)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 738 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

COLUMBAN (543-615)  , Irish See also:saint and writer, was See also:born in See also:Leinster in 543, and was educated in the monastery of See also:Bangor, Co . Down . About the See also:year 585 he See also:left See also:Ireland together with twelve other monks, and established himself in the See also:Vosges, among the ruins of an See also:ancient fortification called Anagrates, the See also:present Anegray in the See also:department of Haute-See also:Saone . His enemies accused him before a See also:synod of See also:French bishops (6o2) for keeping See also:Easter according to the old See also:British and now unorthodox way, and a more powerful See also:conspiracy was organized against him at the See also:court of See also:Burgundy for boldly rebuking the crimes of See also:King Theuderich II. and the See also:queen-See also:mother See also:Brunhilda . He was banished and forcibly removed from his monastery, and with St See also:Gall and others of the monks he withdrew into See also:Switzerland, where he preached with no See also:great success to the See also:Suebi and See also:Alamanni . Being again compelled to flee, he retired to See also:Italy, and founded the monastery of See also:Bobbio in the See also:Apennines, where he remained till his See also:death, which took See also:place on the 21st of See also:November 615 . His writings, which include some Latin poems, prove him a See also:man of learning, and he appears to have been acquainted not only with the Latin See also:classics, but also with See also:Greek, and even See also:Hebrew The collected edition of St See also:Columban's writings was published b) See also:Patrick See also:Fleming in his Collectanea sacra Hiberni (See also:Louvain, 1667), II and reproduced by See also:Migne, p . 9, vol. lxxxvi . (See also:Paris, 1844) . See further, See also:Wright's Biographia Literaria . Columban's See also:Regula Coenobitalis cum Poenitentiali is to be found in the Codex Regularum (Paris, 1638) . A See also:complete bibliography is given in ,U .

Chevallier, Repertoire See also:

des See also:sources hest . (Rio . Bibliogr.), vol. i . 990 (Paris, 1905) .

End of Article: COLUMBAN (543-615)
[back]
SAINT COLUMBA (Irish, Colum)
[next]
PLACIDO COLUMBANI

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.