RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Columba

521 - 597

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Columba () or Colmcille (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is today Scotland at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission. He founded the important abbey on Iona, which became a dominant religious and political institution in the region for centuries. He is the patron saint of Derry. He was highly regarded by both the Gaels of Dál Riata and the Picts, and is remembered today as a Catholic saint and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Columba is the 906th most popular religious figure (down from 873rd in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Irish Religious Figure.

Columba is most famous for the Columban monastic order. Columba was a missionary monk who traveled to Scotland and Ireland in the 6th century. He founded several monasteries, including Iona Abbey in Scotland.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Columba ranks 906 out of 3,187. Before him are Bruno of Querfurt, Jorge Medina, Antipope Nicholas V, Hemma of Gurk, Bavo of Ghent, and Alessandro Valignano. After him are Fatimah bint Asad, Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, Giuseppe Bertello, Theodore Stratelates, Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak, and Charles Spurgeon.

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Among people born in 521, Columba ranks 1. After him is Simeon Stylites the Younger. Among people deceased in 597, Columba ranks 1. After him are Zhiyi, Simeon Stylites the Younger, Fredegund, and Ceol of Wessex.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Columba ranks 56 out of 549. Before him are Michael Collins (1890), Brendan Gleeson (1955), Brian Cowen (1960), John Flanagan (1873), Ernest Walton (1903), and Turlough O'Carolan (1670). After him are John Toland (1670), Terry Wogan (1938), Conor McGregor (1988), Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865), Bono (1960), and Rory Gallagher (1948).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ireland

Among religious figures born in Ireland, Columba ranks 4. Before him are Brigid of Kildare (451), Kevin Farrell (1947), and Columbanus (540). After him are 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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