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Columba
Columba Hiensis la
6th‑century Gaelic Irish missionary monk, Christian saint, pioneer of Celtic Christianity in Scotland and “Apostle of the Picts”
- Child of Feidhlimidh (?) and Eithne of Leinster
- Dated 7 December 521 CE – 9 June 597 CE
- Recognised as Saint
Overview
6th‑century Gaelic Irish missionary monk, Christian saint, pioneer of Celtic Christianity in Scotland and “Apostle of the Picts”Wikidata record description. Read Columba in the Wikipedia reader.
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Roles and affiliation
Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.
Offices held 1
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Family tree
The family as a list · 2
Family 2
Teachers and students
Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.
Studied under 2
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