Columban
- a word derived from Columba.
Example Sentences
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The idea to send the relic came from the Rev. Robert McCulloch, the Australian procurator general of the St. Columban Catholic missionary order.
From US News ● Jan. 7, 2016
But he got his master's degree from Ireland's National University, studied for the priesthood, and was ordained in the Society of St. Columban.
From Time Magazine Archive
Columban Monasteries, Egbert's mission to, 318, 319, 375 n.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert
About 590, when Abernethy was the seat of the Pictish rule, Columban monks were planted here under King Lartnaidh.
From Chronicles of Strathearn by Macdougall, W. B.
He was accompanied home by four holy clerks, who were all afterwards bishops; their names are, Lugacius, Columban, Lugad, and Cassan.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban
