Venerable (Monastic) · 7th century
Venerable Columbanus of Luxeuil
Also known as Columban · Columbanus
Irish missionary monk who founded monasteries in Gaul and at Bobbio in northern Italy, shaping continental monasticism.
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Born 543, Leinster; reposed 615, Bobbio.
Sources: OrthodoxWiki; OCA Synaxarion (oca.org)