Columbanus of Bobbio

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Columbanus of Bobbio was a prominent Irish missionary monk and founder of several monasteries in continental Europe, known for his strict monastic rule and major influence on early medieval Christian monasticism.

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Label Occurrences
Columbanus of Bobbio canonical 1
Saint Columbanus 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian monk
Irish missionary
Latin writer
abbot
monastic founder
saint
activeIn Burgundy
Frankish kingdoms
linked to: Germanic kingdoms

Lombard Italy
associatedWith Brunhild of Austrasia
Gall of Switzerland
King Agilulf of the Lombards
linked to: Agilulf

King Theuderic II of Burgundy
birthDate c. 540
birthPlace Ireland
Leinster
centuryOfActivity 6th century
7th century
deathDate 615
deathPlace Bobbio
Kingdom of the Lombards
era Early Middle Ages
feastDay 23 November
founded Annegray monastery
Bobbio Abbey
Fontaines monastery
Luxeuil Abbey
honorificTitle Apostle of the Europeans
influenced Bobbio Abbey scriptorium
linked to: Bobbio Abbey

Irish monastic missions in Europe
development of private penance in the West
knownFor Columbanian monastic rule
founding monasteries in continental Europe
influence on early medieval Western monasticism
missionary work among the Franks and Lombards
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
mentorOf Saint Gall
opposed Arianism among the Lombards
patronage European integration
motorcyclists
motorists
religion Christianity
religiousOrder Irish monasticism
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
wrote Penitentiale Columbani
Regula Coenobialis
linked to: Regula Monachorum

Regula Monachorum
letters
poems
sermons

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Pope Boniface IV correspondedWith Columbanus of Bobbio
Celtic Christianity associatedWithPerson Saint Columbanus
linked to: Columbanus of Bobbio