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Pamela Ann Clements (born 11 May 1942), [1] known professionally as Pam St Clement, is an English actress.She is known for portraying the role of Pat Butcher in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 12 June 1986 until 1 January 2012, with a guest appearance in May 2016, thereby becoming one of the programme's longest-serving cast members.
The main source of information about Columba's life is the Life of Columba (Latin: Vita Columbae), a hagiography written by Adomnán, one of Columba's successors at Iona, in the style of "saints' lives" narratives that had become widespread throughout medieval Europe. Both the Life of Columba and Bede (672/673–735) record Columba's visit to ...
The Life of Columba (Latin: Vita Columbae) is a hagiography recounting the life of Columba, the founder of Iona Abbey, written a century after Columba's death by Adomnán, one of his successors as Abbot of Iona. Adomnán (also known as Eunan), served as the ninth Abbot of Iona until his death in 704. [1]
A Hymn of St Columba is dedicated to Derek Hill, who commissioned it, [2] and was published by Boosey & Hawkes. [3] [5] It was premiered outdoors in Churchill, County Donegal, where Columba is said to have preached, but was not easily audible due to the strong wind. [3] The work has been recorded several times. [6] Panorama of Iona Abbey
Columba of Cornwall (Welsh, and in Latin, translated to modern English as dove), also called Columb (English), [1] was a saint from Cornwall who lived in the 6th century. She was born to pagan royalty, but became a Christian after the Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove, appeared to her in a vision.
St Columba's College is a co-educational 4–18 private, Catholic day school and sixth form in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England. It was founded in 1939 by Phillip O’Neil and taken over by the Brothers of the Sacred Heart in 1955. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
The Chronicles of Iona state that "In the second year after the battle of Cúl Dreimhne, the forty-second year of his age, Columba sailed away from Ireland to Britain wishing to be a pilgrim for Christ." This last note rather contradicts the notion that Columba had been sent away as a punishment: he was rather fulfilling a monastic vocation.
St. Columb’s Park is a 70-acre (28 ha) [1] municipal park in Derry, Northern Ireland.The park is named after St. Columba, who is the city's patron saint.The park contains the ruins of a medieval church, an 18th century manor house, as well as many modern amenities such as a leisure centre and sports pitches.