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Columbanus

Columbanus Bobiensis la

Irish missionary and saint (540-615)

  • Dated c. 543 CE – 23 November 615 CE
  • Recognised as Saint
  • Also called Columban, Saint Columbanus, St Columban

Overview

Irish missionary and saint (540-615)Wikidata record description. Read Columbanus in the Wikipedia reader.

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Roles and affiliation

Holding an office is not parentage and not discipleship.

Teachers and students

Teaching passed from one person to another, in the direction of the arrows — not ancestry, and not succession.

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