Life of St Columba
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- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
27 January 2005
Summary
A life of one of the most known and engaging Saints.
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 Adomnan - 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 Christiani…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140444629 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140444629 |
| Author: | Richard Sharpe, Adomnan of Iona |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 27 January 2005 |
| Weight: | 321g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 130mm x 199mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Richard Sharpe
St Adomnan was born in Ireland c.628, a descendant of St Columba’s grandfather. In 679 he became the ninth abbot of Iona. He played an important role in persuading the northern Irish churches to adopt the Catholic date for Easter, but his most famous work is his Life of St Columba. He died on Iona in 704.
Dr Richard Sharp is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and since 1987 has served as a member of Oxford City Council. He is a Reader in Diplomatic in the Faculty of Modern History and a professorial fellow of Wadham College, Oxford.
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