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Columbanus

540 - 615

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Colomban de Luxeuil, né en 543 à Myshall dans le comté de Leinster en Irlande et mort le 23 novembre 615 à Bobbio près de Plaisance, en Italie, le plus célèbre des saints Colomban, est un moine irlandais qui a évangélisé les populations campagnardes de Gaule, d'Alémanie, d'Helvétie et d'Italie. Il est fêté le 23 novembre selon le martyrologe romain. Il est parfois considéré comme le saint patron des motards, notamment en Italie. Colomban, après avoir quitté l'Irlande, sillonne la Cornouailles britannique. En savoir plus sur Wikipédia

His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2024). Columbanus is the 641st most popular personnalité religieuse (down from 593rd in 2024), the 34th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 20th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Personnalité Religieuse.

Columbanus is most famous for being the founder of monasticism in Europe. He was born in Ireland and studied in Wales before founding monasteries in France, Italy, and Switzerland.

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Among Personnalité religieuses

Among personnalité religieuses, Columbanus ranks 641 out of 3,187Before him are Father Damien, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, Seraphim of Sarov, Apollos, Thomas Becket, and Billy Graham. After him are Hind bint Utbah, Angela Merici, Pope Adrian IV, Gamaliel, Umm Kulthum bint Ali, and Junayd of Baghdad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 540, Columbanus ranks 3Before him are Pope Gregory I, and Pope Boniface III. After him are Hormizd IV, Emperor Yōmei, Authari, Galswintha, Rosamund, John of Biclaro, and Creoda of Mercia. Among people deceased in 615, Columbanus ranks 4Before him are Pope Boniface IV, Sumayyah bint Khabbat, and Abdullah ibn Muhammad. After him is Antarah ibn Shaddad.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Columbanus ranks 34 out of 549Before him are Anne Bonny (1702), Ernest Shackleton (1874), John Field (1782), Kevin Farrell (1947), Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852), and George Francis FitzGerald (1851). After him are Michael D. Higgins (1941), Bertie Ahern (1951), Laurence Sterne (1713), Harald Gille (1103), Joseph Murphy (1898), and Liam Cunningham (1961).

Among Personnalité religieuses In Ireland

Among personnalité religieuses born in Ireland, Columbanus ranks 3Before him are Brigid of Kildare (451), and Kevin Farrell (1947). After him are Columba (521), Mary Jane Kelly (1863), Saint Fiacre (607), Seán Brady (1939), Dymphna (700), Saint Kilian (640), Kevin of Glendalough (498), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), and Adomnán (624).

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