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Deicolus of Lure

  • d. c.625
  • Feast-day: 18 January
  • Lure abbey
  • Irish people in continental Europe, abbots, saints
  • (agents)
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.


See also: Columbanus
Columbanus
(fl. c.550–d. 615)
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.

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Gall
Gall
(fl. 615)
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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Lure abbeyLure abbey
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Oxford dictionary of national biography, Online: Oxford University Press, 2004–present. URL: <http://www.oxforddnb.com>. 
comments: General editors include Lawrence Goldman, et al.
Ó Riain-Raedel (Dagmar) [id. 7425. ‘Deicolus [St Deicolus, Deicola]’] direct link
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