The Life of St. Columba saints and the genius of Irish

and the genius of Irish Catholicism

the Vita Columbae ("The Life of St

this classic Irish hagiography of one of Erin's greatest saints is a must have for any student of Irish Catholicism's golden age

Full of saints and miracles

The Life of St. Columba saints and the genius of IrishThe great St. Columba of Iona (521 597) was one of Ireland's most famous missionaries. Exiled from Ireland as a young monk for his part in the bloody Battle of Cl Dreimhne, St. Columba removed himself and a few loyal monks to the island of Iona in Scotland's Inner Hebrides. From his Abbey at Iona he spent decades spreading the faith among the pagan Gaels and Picts of Scotland, a labor that earned him the title "Apostle of Scotland." The introduction