Columba
noun
Saint, a.d. 521–597, Irish missionary in Scotland.
Columban
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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
The work of Columban and of S. Gall had its origin in the Irish schools, and there was no more fruitful influence on the Europe of the Dark Age.
From The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 by William Holden Hutton
Columban Monasteries, Egbert's mission to, 318, 319, 375 n.
From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Cuthbert Bede
He died in 550, and was succeeded by Columban, who, together with twelve disciples, brought the message of salvation in Christ to the inhabitants of the present Alsatia.
From Life of Luther with several introductory and concluding chapters from general church history by Gustav Just
