Name
Columba, abbot of Iona, ob. 597
Saint ID
S02167
Reported Death Not Before
597
Reported Death Not After
597
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Monastic founders, Missionaries, Lesser clergy , Miracle-workers in lifetime
| ID | Title | E05856 | The Calendar of Willibrord, in its earliest version, records the feasts of various saints in June. Written in Latin at Echternach, Frisia (north-east Gaul), 703/710. | E06056 | Adomnán's Life of *Columba (abbot of Iona, ob. 597, S02167), is set in Britain and Ireland and records in three books the saint's prophecies, miracles, angelic encounters, and death. Written in Latin at Iona (north-west Britain), 696/704. Overview entry | E06057 | An excerpt from Cumméne the White's lost book on the miracles of *Columba (abbot of Iona, ob. 597, S02167), survives in some manuscripts of Adomnán's Life of Columba (E06056). Written in Latin at Iona, probably 637/69; copied by the priest Dorbbéne, c. 700. | E06058 | Adomnán, in his Life of *Columba (abbot of Iona, ob. 597, S02167), reports how *Mochta (disciple of Patrick in Ireland, ob. 535, S02204) had prophesied Columba's birth. Written in Latin at Iona (north-west Britain), 696/704. | E06059 | Adomnán, in his Life of *Columba (abbot of Iona, ob. 597, S02167), relates stories about the Irish saints *Fintan (abbot of Taghmon, ob. 635, S02206), *Cainnech (abbot of Aghaboe, ob. c. 600, S02242), *Colmán Elo (abbot of Lynally, ob. 611, S02243), *Cormac (monastic founder, 6th c., S02249), *Comgall (abbot of Bangor, ob. 601/2, S02244), *Uinniau (bishop, 6th c., S02245), and *Brendan (abbot of Birr, ob. 565/72, S02248). Written in Latin at Iona, 696/704. | E06060 | Adomnán, in his Life of *Columba (abbot of Iona, ob. 597, S02167), describes how Columba brought a dead child back to life, thus equalling the prophets *Elijah and *Elisha (S00217 and S00239] and the apostles *Peter (S00036), *Paul (S00008) and *John (S00042). Written in Latin at Iona, 696/704. | E06061 | Adomnán, in his Life of *Columba (abbot of Iona, ob. 597, S02167), relates how a stone blessed by Columba floated in water and healed a wizard; and the subsequent uses of that stone, which was kept in the Pictish royal treasury. Written in Latin at Iona, 696/704. | E06062 | Adomnán, in his Life of *Columba (abbot of Iona, ob. 597, S02167), describes how the saint knew miraculously of the death of *Colmán moccu Loígse (bishop in Leinster, 6th c., S02250) and how he added his name into the liturgy next to (or in place of) that of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050). Written in Latin at Iona, 696/704. | E06597 | Adomnán, in his Life of *Columba (abbot of Iona, ob. 597, S02167), recounts how 'about seventeen years ago' the monks of Iona were saved from drought when they went out to the fields with Columba's tunic and books. Written in Latin at Iona, 696/704. | E06598 | Adomnán, in his Life of *Columba (abbot of Iona, ob. 597, S02167), recounts how he twice turned contrary winds by chiding the dead saint, the second time being the feast day of the saint and his successor *Baithéne (second abbot of Iona, ob. c. 600, S02475). Written in Latin at Iona, 696/704. | 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. |
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