Columbanus

Irish missionary and saint (540-615)

9 dated entries naming Columbanus, drawn from 9 separate years between 540 CE and 800 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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6th century

540Columbanus, Irish missionary (or 543)source
543Columbanus, Irish missionary (d. 615)source
585Columbanus, Irish missionary, gathers 12 companions for his journey to Britain, probably to the Scottish coast. After a short time, he crosses the English Channel and lands in Brittany (France).source
590Columbanus, Irish missionary, obtains from King Guntram the Gallo-Roman castle Luxovium (Luxeuil-les-Bains), where he founds the Abbey of Luxeuil.source

7th century

610Columbanus and Gallus begin their missionary work in Bregenz, near Lake Constance (Switzerland).source
612Columbanus moves to Italy and establishes the monastery of Bobbio (approximate date).source
615November 21 – Columbanus, Irish missionary (b. 543)source
627Fourth Council of Mâcon: A council of Christian bishops approves the Monastic Rule of Saint Columbanus in the city of Mâcon (Burgundy).source

8th century

800The Book of Kells is written and illuminated in a Columban monastery, in Ireland (approximate date).source

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