Agents

Columbanus

  • fl. c.550–d. 615
  • feast-day: 23 November
  • scholars, teachers
  • Bobbio, Luxeuil abbey
Irish peregrinus, scholar, abbot and monastic founder known chiefly for his activities in the kingdoms of Merovingian Gaul and Lombard Italy. His foundations included Luxeuil and Bobbio.


See also: BobbioBobbio
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Deicolus of LureDeicolus of Lure
(d. c.625)
Irish peregrinus, alleged to be a half-brother of Gall, disciple of Columbanus and founder of a hermitage at Lure/Lutre in Burgundy, which would become the abbey of Lure.
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GallGall
(fl. 615)
Gallus, Saint Gall, Saint Gallus
Reputed founder of St. Gall in modern-day Switzerland and one of Columbanus’ companions. His 9th-century Lives written at Reichenau claim that he was of Irish origin.
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Luxeuil abbeyLuxeuil abbey
Monastery founded by the Irish missionary Columbanus.

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C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
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