{"slug": "columba", "label": "Columba", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columba", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q236326", "qid": "Q236326", "description": "6th‑century Gaelic Irish missionary monk, Christian saint, pioneer of Celtic Christianity in Scotland and “Apostle of the Picts”", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [521, 806], "span_label": ["521 CE", "806 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "scotland", "label": "Scotland", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "iona", "label": "Iona", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "picts", "label": "Picts", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "inner-hebrides", "label": "Inner Hebrides", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "gaelic-ireland", "label": "Gaelic Ireland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ireland", "label": "Ireland", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vikings", "label": "Vikings", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "iona-abbey", "label": "Iona Abbey", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "great-britain", "label": "Great Britain", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 521, "year_label": "521 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "December 7", "text": "December 7 – Columba, Gaelic Irish missionary monk (d. 597)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340791992#Births", "title": "521", "revid": 1340791992, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 560, "year_label": "560 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Columba quarrels with Finnian of Moville over authorship of a psalter, leading to a pitched battle the next year.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354969984#Religion", "title": "560", "revid": 1354969984, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 563, "year_label": "563 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Columba, Irish missionary monk, travels to Scotland with twelve companions. He lands on the Kintyre Peninsula, near Southend, and begins his evangelising mission to the Picts. On the island of Iona, he founds a monastery (Iona Abbey) on the west coast in the Inner Hebrides.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340800810#Religion", "title": "563", "revid": 1340800810, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 564, "year_label": "564 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August 22", "text": "August 22 – Columba reports seeing the Loch Ness Monster at the River Ness (according to the \"Life of St. Columba\").", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340800769#Britain", "title": "564", "revid": 1340800769, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 565, "year_label": "565 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Columba, an Irish missionary, spots the Loch Ness Monster on the River Ness (in present day Scotland) and saves the life of a Pict (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749296#Britain", "title": "565", "revid": 1364749296, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 597, "year_label": "597 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 9", "text": "June 9 – Columba, Gaelic Irish missionary (b. 521)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364755884#Deaths", "title": "597", "revid": 1364755884, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 597, "year_label": "597 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 9", "text": "June 9 – Columba, Irish missionary, dies in Iona (Inner Hebrides) and is buried by his monks in the abbey he has created. He works successfully towards the conversion of northern Britain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364755884#Religion", "title": "597", "revid": 1364755884, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 806, "year_label": "806 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Vikings massacre Columba's monks, and all the inhabitants on the island of Iona (Scotland). Other monks flee to safety in the monastery of Kells (Ireland). They take with them the Book of Kells.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1292643508#Britain", "title": "806", "revid": 1292643508, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}]}