← Lineage
Portrait of Columbanus
via Wikipedia

Columbanus

c. 543 – 615 · b. Leinster
monk

Irish missionary to Frankish Gaul and northern Italy. Founded the monasteries of Luxeuil, Annegray, and Bobbio. Wrote the Regula Columbani and letters to Pope Boniface IV defending the Irish Easter computus.

Chain to Jesus

Loading…

Common questions

Who was Columbanus?
Columbanus (543–615) — Irish missionary to Frankish Gaul and northern Italy. Founded the monasteries of Luxeuil, Annegray, and Bobbio. Wrote the Regula Columbani and letters to Pope Boniface IV defending the Irish Easter computus.
Who did Columbanus correspond with?
Pope Gregory I (the Great).

Sources for biography

  • Columbanus, Epistolae primary
  • Columbanus, Regula Monachorum primary
  • Jonas of Bobbio, Vita Columbani primary

documented connections(1)

  • corresponded Pope Gregory I (the Great)
    Columbanus wrote to Pope Gregory I on the date of Easter (Epistola 1).
    Columbanus, Epistola 1

Read more