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Columban, St.

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An Irish missionary, who, with twelve companions, settled in Gaul in 585; founded two monasteries, but was banished for the offence of rebuking the king; went to Italy, founded a monastery at Bobbio, where he died 616.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Columban, St.'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​c/columban-st.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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