RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Columbanus

540 - 615

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Saint Columbanus (Irish: Columbán; 543 – 23 November 615) was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries after 590 in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms, most notably Luxeuil Abbey in present-day France and Bobbio Abbey in present-day Italy. Columbanus taught an Irish monastic rule and penitential practices for those repenting of sins, which emphasised private confession to a priest, followed by penances imposed by the priest in reparation for the sins. Columbanus is one of the earliest identifiable Hiberno-Latin writers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Columbanus is the 641st most popular religious figure (down from 593rd in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 20th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Irish Religious Figure.

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 RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Columbanus ranks 641 out of 3,187. Before 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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Among people born in 540, Columbanus ranks 3. Before 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 4. Before 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 549. Before 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).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ireland

Among religious figures born in Ireland, Columbanus ranks 3. Before 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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