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- Columba, St Latin form of Colum-cille, `Colum
- of the cell'.
- Irish Christian abbot, missionary to
- Scotland. He was born in County Donegal of
- royal descent, and founded monasteries and
- churches in Ireland. In 563 he sailed with 12
- companions to Iona, and built a monastery
- there that was to play a leading part in the
- conversion of Britain. Feast day 9 June. From
- his base on Iona St Columba made missionary
- journeys to the mainland. Legend has it that
- he drove a monster from the river Ness, and
- he crowned Aidan, an Irish king of Argyll.
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