Life of Saint Columba

Name: Life of Saint Columba
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ISBN: 9780140444629

ISBN-10: 0140444629

ISBN-13: 9780140444629

Edition: 2005

Authors: Adomnan of Adomnan of Iona, Richard Sharpe, Adomnan of Iona, Adomnan of Iona

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Founding father of the famous monastery on the island of Iona, a site of pilgrimage ever since his death in 597, St Columba was born into one of the ruling families in Ireland at a time of immense expansion for the Irish Church. This account of his life, written by Adomnán - the ninth abbot of Iona, and a distant relative of St Columba - describes his travels from Ireland to Scotland and his mission in the cause of Celtic Christianity there. Written 100 years after St Columba's death, it draws on written and oral traditions to depict a wise abbot among his monks, who like Christ was capable of turning water into wine, controlling sea-storms and raising the dead. An engaging account of one…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/1/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.80" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

Richard Sharpe is Professor of Diplomatic at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Wadham College. He was assistant editor of the Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, and is general editor of the Corpus of British Medieval Library Catalogues.