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Saint Columbanus (Irish: Columbán; 543 – 23 November 615) [1] was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries after 590 in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms, most notably Luxeuil Abbey in present-day France and Bobbio Abbey in present-day Italy.
Bobbio Abbey (Italian: Abbazia di San Colombano) is a monastery founded by Irish Saint Columbanus in 614, around which later grew up the town of Bobbio, in the province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is dedicated to Saint Columbanus. It was famous as a centre of resistance to Arianism and as one of the greatest libraries in the Middle ...
The abbey was founded circa 590 by the Irish missionary Saint Columbanus. [1] Columbanus and his companions first settled in cells at Annegray, in the commune of Voivre, Haute-Saône. Looking for a more permanent site for his community, Columbanus decided upon the ruins of a well-fortified Gallo-Roman settlement, Luxovium, about eight miles away.
Columbanus: Argenteuil Abbey: Argenteuil: 656 / first mentioned 697 ... (1983), p. 377. This is a map, and excludes monasteries attached directly to episcopal sees. Notes
Gall (Latin: Gallus; c. 550 – c. 645) according to hagiographic tradition was a disciple and one of the traditional twelve companions of Columbanus on his mission from Ireland to the continent. However, he may have originally come from the border region between Lorraine and Alemannia and only met Columbanus at the monastery of Luxeuil in the ...
Bobbio is located in the heart of Val Trebbia, a valley described by Ernest Hemingway as "the most beautiful in the world". [4] The town is nestled at the foot of Monte Penice, 1,460 metres (4,790 ft) above sea level, on the left bank of the river Trebbia.
Cornelis (Cornelius) Columbanus Vrancx (Dendermonde, circa 1529/1530 – Ghent, 15 August 1615) [1] [2] was a Flemish writer of prose, poetic refrains and spotlighted against the Reformed. He was the 60th abbot of St Peter's Abbey in Ghent [ 3 ] from 1597 and wrote thirty-seven concise works.
Abbazia di San Colombano, Bobbio. Jonas was born in Susa, Piedmont.In 618, Jonas arrived at the Abbey of St. Columbanus at Bobbio in the province of Pavia.He was soon appointed archivist and personal secretary to the abbot Attala (died 627) and later, to his successor Bertulf.