The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world

Name

Columbanus, monk and missionary in Ireland, Gaul and Italy, ob. 615

Saint ID

S01983

Reported Death Not Before

615

Reported Death Not After

615

Gender

Male

Type of Saint

Monastic founders, Ascetics/monks/nuns, Missionaries, Miracle-workers in lifetime

Related Evidence Records

ID	Title
E04991	The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 19 October.
E05028	The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 23 November.
E06482	The Latin Martyrdom of Praeiectus (bishop and martyr of Clermont, ob. 676, S02425) records the saint's life, martyrdom (alongside his companion Amarinus, abbot and martyr of Clermont, S03021) and miracles. Written probably at or near Clermont (central Gaul), c. 680/700.
E06493	The Latin Life of *Sadalberga (abbess of Laon, ob. 671/8, S02434) records the saint's life, miracles, and death. Written perhaps at Laon (north-east Gaul), c. 680.
E06801	The Latin Life of *Gallus (hermit and disciple of Columbanus, ob. c. 650, S02573), surviving in fragmentary form, recounts some of his miracles and his death. Written probably at Sankt Gallen (eastern Gaul), in c. 680, with 8th-c. additions.
E07615	Jonas' Lives of Columbanus (monk and missionary in Ireland, Gaul and Italy, ob. 615, S01983) and his Disciples records the life, miracles and death of the saint, followed by accounts of miracles performed through Athala (second abbot of Bobbio (northern Italy), ob. 625/6 S01948), Eustasius (second abbot of Luxeuil (eastern Gaul), ob. 629, S02255) and Bertulf (third abbot of Bobbio, ob. 639, S02828), together with those that took place among the nuns of Faremoutiers (northern Gaul). Written in Latin, possibly at Marchiennes (north-east Gaul), 642/3.
E08315	35 relic labels at Sens (northern Gaul), datable by their script to the 7th or 8th c., for relics of a great diversity of saints. Written in Latin, perhaps at Sens, or at an earlier stage in their transmission.
E08383	The Chronicle of Fredegar (4.36) incorporates text from Jonas' Life of *Columbanus (monk and missionary in Ireland, Gaul and Italy, ob. 615, S01983), originally composed 642/3 (E07615). Written in Latin in Gaul/Francia, 659/700.