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The Life of Saint Columba - Adomnan of Iona, and Sharpe, Richard (Introduction by)
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Founding father of the famous monastery on the island of Iona, a site of pilgrimage ever since his death in 597, St Columba was born into one of the ruling families in Ireland at a time of immense expansion for the Irish Church. This account of his life, written by Adomn�n - the ninth abbot of Iona, and a distant relative of St Columba - describes his travels from Ireland to Scotland and his mission in the cause of Celtic Christianity there. Written 100 years after St Columba's death, it draws on written and oral ...

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The Life of Saint Columba 1995, Penguin Group

ISBN-13: 9780140444629

Revised edition

Trade paperback