
Columcille the Scribe
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Columcille the Scribe is a poem ascribed to Columbanus
, though like a majority of such poems they were probably composed in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
Columbanus
Columbanus was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries on the European continent from around 590 in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms, most notably Luxeuil and Bobbio , and stands as an exemplar of Irish missionary activity in early medieval Europe.He spread among the...
, though like a majority of such poems they were probably composed in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.