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Columba, the Glossary

Columba or Colmcille (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is today Scotland at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission.^[1]

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521 births
597 deaths
6th-century Irish abbots
6th-century Scottish people
Burials in Iona
Christian missionaries in Scotland
Irish Christian missionaries
Irish expatriates in Scotland
Medieval Irish writers
Pictish people
Poet priests

A Hymn of St Columba

A Hymn of St Columba is a composition for choir and organ written in 1962 by the English composer Benjamin Britten.

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Abbey

An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess.

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Abbot

Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the head of an independent monastery for men in various Western Christian traditions.

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Abbot of Iona

The Abbot of Iona was the head of Iona Abbey during the Middle Ages and the leader of the monastic community of Iona, as well as the overlord of scores of monasteries in both Scotland and Ireland, including Durrow, Kells and, until the Synod of Whitby, Lindisfarne.

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Abecedarian hymn

An abecedarian hymn is a hymn that begins with the letter A, and each verse or clause following begins with the next letter of the alphabet.

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Adomnán

Adomnán or Adamnán of Iona (Adamnanus, Adomnanus; 624 – 704), also known as Eunan (from), was an abbot of Iona Abbey (679–704), hagiographer, statesman, canon jurist, and saint. Columba and Adomnán are Colombanian saints, Irish expatriates in Scotland, medieval Irish saints, medieval Scottish saints and people from County Donegal.

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Aer Lingus

Aer Lingus (an anglicisation of the Irish aerloingeas, meaning "air fleet") is the flag carrier of Ireland.

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Airbus A330

The Airbus A330 is a wide-body aircraft developed and produced by Airbus.

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Alba

Alba is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland.

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Amra

Amra is the name of certain ancient Irish elegies or panegyrics on native saints.

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Anglicanism

Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.

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Antiphonary

An antiphonary or antiphonal is one of the liturgical books intended for use in choro (i.e. in the liturgical choir), and originally characterized, as its name implies, by the assignment to it principally of the antiphons used in various parts of the Latin liturgical rites.

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Baithéne mac Brénaind

Baithéne mac Brénaind (also known as Saint Baoithin and Saint Buadán) was an Irish monk, one of Saint Columba's followers who accompanied him to Scotland around 563, and was the first successor as Abbot of Iona Abbey. Columba and Baithéne mac Brénaind are 6th-century Christian saints, 6th-century Irish abbots, Irish expatriates in Scotland and medieval Irish saints.

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Bangor, Pennsylvania

Bangor, or West Bangor, to differentiate it from its immediate neighbor East Bangor, is a borough located in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Baptism

Baptism (from immersion, dipping in water) is a Christian sacrament of initiation almost invariably with the use of water.

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Battle of Bannockburn

The Battle of Bannockburn (Blàr Allt nam Bànag or Blàr Allt a' Bhonnaich) was fought on 23–24 June 1314, between the army of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, and the army of King Edward II of England, during the First War of Scottish Independence.

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Battle of Cúl Dreimhne

The battle of Cúl Dreimhne (also known as the Battle of the Book) took place in the 6th century in the túath of Cairbre Drom Cliabh (now County Sligo) in northwest Ireland.

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Bede

Bede (Bēda; 672/326 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, the Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable (Beda Venerabilis), was an English monk, author and scholar. Columba and Bede are Anglican saints.

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Book of Durrow

The Book of Durrow is an illuminated manuscript dated to c. 700 that consists of text from the four Gospels gospel books, written in an Irish adaption of Vulgate Latin, and illustrated in the Insular script style.

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Book of Kells

The Book of Kells (Codex Cenannensis; Leabhar Cheanannais; Dublin, Trinity College Library, MS A. I., sometimes known as the Book of Columba) is an illuminated manuscript and Celtic Gospel book in Latin, containing the four Gospels of the New Testament together with various prefatory texts and tables.

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Bookbinding

Bookbinding is the process of building a book, usually in codex format, from an ordered stack of paper sheets with one's hands and tools, or in modern publishing, by a series of automated processes.

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Boosey & Hawkes

Boosey & Hawkes is a British music publisher, purported to be the largest specialist classical music publisher in the world.

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Branches of the Cenél Conaill

The Cenél Conaill, or "kindred of Conall", are a branch of the Northern Uí Néill, who claim descent from Conall Gulban, son of Niall of the Nine Hostages, and allegedly the first Irish nobleman to convert to Christianity.

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Brendan of Birr

Brendan of Birr (died c. 572) was one of the early Irish monastic saints. Columba and Brendan of Birr are 6th-century Christian saints, 6th-century Irish abbots and medieval Irish saints.

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Bridei I

Bridei son of Maelchon (died 586) was King of the Picts from 554 to 584.

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Brigid of Kildare

Saint Brigid of Kildare or Saint Brigid of Ireland (Naomh Bríd; Classical Irish: Brighid; Brigida; 525) is the patroness saint (or 'mother saint') of Ireland, and one of its three national saints along with Patrick and Columba. Columba and Brigid of Kildare are 6th-century Irish abbots and Anglican saints.

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Cainnech of Aghaboe

Cainnech of Aghaboe (515/16–600), also known as Saint Canice in Ireland, Saint Kenneth in Scotland, Saint Kenny and in Latin Sanctus Canicus, was an Irish abbot, monastic founder, priest and missionary during the early medieval period. Columba and Cainnech of Aghaboe are 6th-century Christian saints, 6th-century Irish abbots, 6th-century Scottish people, medieval Irish saints and medieval Scottish saints.

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Cairbre Drom Cliabh

Cairbre Drom Cliabh (meaning "Ui Cairbre, the descendants of Cairbre of Drumcliff) was an Irish túath in the ancient confederation of Íochtar Connacht (Lower Connacht), now County Sligo in the west of Ireland.

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Calendar of saints (Church of England)

The Church of England commemorates many of the same saints as those in the General Roman Calendar, mostly on the same days, but also commemorates various notable (often post-Reformation) Christians who have not been canonised by Rome, with a particular though not exclusive emphasis on those of English origin.

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Calligraphy

Calligraphy is a visual art related to writing.

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Cape Cod

Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States.

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Cathach of St. Columba

The Cathach of St.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Catholic school

Catholic schools are parochial pre-primary, primary and secondary educational institutions administered in association with the Catholic Church.

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Celtic Christianity

Celtic Christianity is a form of Christianity that was common, or held to be common, across the Celtic-speaking world during the Early Middle Ages.

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Charlemont, Victoria

Charlemont is a suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

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Christian theology

Christian theology is the theology – the systematic study of the divine and religion – of Christian belief and practice.

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Church of Scotland

The Church of Scotland (The Kirk o Scotland; Eaglais na h-Alba) is a Presbyterian denomination of Christianity that holds the status of the national church in Scotland.

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Ciarán

Ciarán (Irish spelling) or Ciaran (Scottish Gaelic spelling) is a traditionally male given name of Irish origin.

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Clan Mackinnon

Clan MacKinnon (Clann MhicFhionghain) is a Highland Scottish clan from the islands of Mull and Skye, in the Inner Hebrides.

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Clan Malcolm

The Clan Malcolm, also known as the Clan MacCallum, is a Highland Scottish clan.

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Clergy

Clergy are formal leaders within established religions.

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Clonard Abbey

Clonard Abbey (Mainistir Chluain Ioraird, meaning "Erard's Meadow") was an early medieval monastery situated on the River Boyne in Clonard, County Meath, Ireland.

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Coat of arms

A coat of arms is a heraldic visual design on an escutcheon (i.e., shield), surcoat, or tabard (the last two being outer garments).

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Columba (bird)

The bird genus Columba comprises a genus of medium to large pigeons.

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Comgall

Saint Comgall (c. 510–520 – 597/602), an early Irish saint, was the founder and abbot of the great Irish monastery at Bangor in Ireland. Columba and Comgall are 6th-century Irish abbots and medieval Irish saints.

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Conall mac Comgaill

Conall mac Comgaill was king of Dál Riata from about 558 until 574.

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Congregation of Christian Brothers

The Congregation of Christian Brothers (Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum; abbreviated CFC) is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Edmund Rice.

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Conwal and Leck

Conwal and Leck (Conbháil agus Leac) is a parish located in north-east County Donegal, Province of Ulster, Ireland.

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County Donegal

County Donegal (Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region.

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County Meath

County Meath (Contae na Mí or simply an Mhí) is a county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster.

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County Sligo

County Sligo (Contae Shligigh) is a county in Ireland.

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Cross

A cross is a compound geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines segment, usually perpendicular to each other.

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Cruithnechán

Cruithnechán (Cruithneachán), also known as Cruithnechan, Crunathan, and Cronaghan, was an Irish saint from around the 6th century, known as one of the mentors of Columba, who founded the famous monastery at Iona. Columba and Cruithnechán are medieval Irish saints.

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Currach

A currach is a type of Irish boat with a wooden frame, over which animal skins or hides were once stretched, though now canvas is more usual.

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Dál Riata

Dál Riata or Dál Riada (also Dalriada) was a Gaelic kingdom that encompassed the western seaboard of Scotland and north-eastern Ireland, on each side of the North Channel.

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Derry

Derry, officially Londonderry, is the largest city in County Londonderry, the second-largest in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland.

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Drumcliff monastery, County Sligo

Drumcliff Monastery (Mainistir Dhroim Chliabh) was located in Cairbre Drom Cliabh, now County Sligo, five miles north of the modern town of Sligo.

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Durrow Abbey

Durrow Abbey is a historic site in Durrow, County Offaly in Ireland.

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Durrow, County Offaly

Durrow is a small rural village and townland in County Offaly, Ireland.

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Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Evangelical Lutheran Church of England

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of England (ELCE) is a confessional Lutheran synod in the United Kingdom.

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Excommunication

Excommunication is an institutional act of religious censure used to deprive, suspend, or limit membership in a religious community or to restrict certain rights within it, in particular those of being in communion with other members of the congregation, and of receiving the sacraments.

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Finnian of Clonard

Finnian of Clonard ('Cluain Eraird') – also Finian, Fionán or Fionnán in Irish; or Finianus and Finanus in its Latinised form (470–549) – was one of the early Irish monastic saints, who founded Clonard Abbey in modern-day County Meath. Columba and Finnian of Clonard are 6th-century Christian saints, 6th-century Irish abbots, 6th-century writers in Latin, Angelic visionaries and medieval Irish saints.

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Finnian of Movilla

Finnian of Movilla (–589) was an Irish Christian missionary. Columba and Finnian of Movilla are 6th-century Christian saints, 6th-century Irish abbots, 6th-century writers in Latin, Irish Christian missionaries, medieval Irish saints and people from County Donegal.

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Firth of Forth

The Firth of Forth is the estuary, or firth, of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth.

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Flag carrier

A flag carrier is a transport company, such as an airline or shipping company, that, being locally registered in a given sovereign state, enjoys preferential rights or privileges accorded by the government for international operations.

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Flood

A flood is an overflow of water (or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry.

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Fortriu

Fortriu (Verturiones; *Foirtrinn; Wærteras; *Uerteru) was a Pictish kingdom recorded between the 4th and 10th centuries.

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Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; Cumann Lúthchleas Gael; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball, and rounders.

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Gaelic Ireland

Gaelic Ireland (Éire Ghaelach) or Ancient Ireland was the Gaelic political and social order, and associated culture, that existed in Ireland from the late prehistoric era until the 17th century.

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Gaels

The Gaels (Na Gaeil; Na Gàidheil; Ny Gaeil) are an ethnolinguistic group native to Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man.

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Galloway

Galloway (Gallowa; Gallovidia) is a region in southwestern Scotland comprising the historic counties of Wigtownshire and Kirkcudbrightshire.

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Gartan

Gartan (Gartán) is a parish in County Donegal, Ireland.

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Glasnevin

Glasnevin (also known as Glas Naedhe, meaning "stream of O'Naeidhe" after a local stream and an ancient chieftain) is a neighbourhood of Dublin, Ireland, situated on the River Tolka.

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Glencolmcille

Gleann Cholm Cille, anglicised as Glencolumbkille or Glencolmcille, is a small district on the Atlantic coast of southwest County Donegal in Ireland.

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Hebrides

The Hebrides (Innse Gall,; Southern isles) are an archipelago off the west coast of the Scottish mainland.

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Hiberno-Latin

Hiberno-Latin, also called Hisperic Latin, was a learned style of literary Latin first used and subsequently spread by Irish monks during the period from the sixth century to the tenth century.

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Hiberno-Scottish mission

The Hiberno-Scottish mission was a series of expeditions in the 6th and 7th centuries by Gaelic missionaries originating from Ireland that spread Celtic Christianity in Scotland, Wales, England and Merovingian France.

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High King of Ireland

High King of Ireland (Ardrí na hÉireann) was a royal title in Gaelic Ireland held by those who had, or who are claimed to have had, lordship over all of Ireland.

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Hymn

A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification.

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Iain Moncreiffe

Sir Rupert Iain Kay Moncreiffe of that Ilk, 11th Baronet, (9 April 1919 – 27 February 1985), Chief of Clan Moncreiffe, was a British Officer of Arms, historian and genealogist.

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Inchcolm Abbey

Inchcolm Abbey is a medieval abbey located on the island of Inchcolm in the Firth of Forth in Scotland.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Inishkea Islands

The Inishkea Islands (Inis Cé) are situated off the coast of the Belmullet peninsula in County Mayo in Ireland.

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Inishowen

Inishowen is a peninsula in the north of County Donegal in Ireland.

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Intellectual

An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about the reality of society, and who proposes solutions for its normative problems.

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Inverness

Inverness (Innerness; from the Inbhir Nis, meaning "Mouth of the River Ness") is a city in the Scottish Highlands, having been granted city status in 2000.

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Iona

Iona (Ì Chaluim Chille, sometimes simply Ì) is an island in the Inner Hebrides, off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of Scotland.

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Iona Abbey

Iona Abbey is an abbey located on the island of Iona, just off the Isle of Mull on the West Coast of Scotland.

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Iona College (Windsor, Ontario)

Iona College is a small affiliated college of the University of Windsor located in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

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Iona Presentation College

Iona Presentation College is an independent Catholic early learning, primary and secondary school.

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Iona University

Iona University is a private Roman Catholic university with a main campus in New Rochelle, New York.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Irish language

Irish (Standard Irish: Gaeilge), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language group, which is a part of the Indo-European language family.

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

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Kearny, New Jersey

Kearny is a town in the western part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and a suburb of Newark.

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Kilmacolm

Kilmacolm is a village and civil parish in the Inverclyde council area, and the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.

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Kintyre

Kintyre (Cinn Tìre) is a peninsula in western Scotland, in the southwest of Argyll and Bute.

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Knocklyon

Knocklyon is a suburb of the city of Dublin, located in South Dublin, Ireland.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Latin alphabet

The Latin alphabet, also known as the Roman alphabet, is the collection of letters originally used by the ancient Romans to write the Latin language.

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Leinster

Leinster (Laighin or Cúige Laighean) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland.

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Letterkenny

Letterkenny (Leitir Ceanainn, meaning "hillside of the O'Cannons"), nicknamed the Cathedral Town, is a large town in County Donegal, Ireland, on the River Swilly in the north-west of Ulster.

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Life of Columba

The Life of Columba (Vita Columbae) is a hagiography recounting the life of Columba, the founder of Iona Abbey, written a century after Columba's death by Adomnán, one of his successors as Abbot of Iona.

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List of kings of Dál Riata

This is a list of the kings of Dál Riata, a kingdom of Irish origin which was located in Scotland and Ireland.

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List of people on the postage stamps of Ireland

This is a list of people on stamps of Ireland, including the years when they appeared on a stamp.

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Literacy

Literacy is the ability to read and write.

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Loch Ness Monster

The Loch Ness Monster (Uilebheist Loch Nis), affectionately known as Nessie, is a mythical creature in Scottish folklore that is said to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands.

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Lutheranism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that identifies primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church ended the Middle Ages and, in 1517, launched the Reformation.

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Martin of Tours

Martin of Tours (Martinus Turonensis; 316/3368 November 397), also known as Martin the Merciful, was the third bishop of Tours. Columba and Martin of Tours are Anglican saints.

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Mauritius

Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar.

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Mobhí Clárainech

Mobhí Clárainech (also Berchan; died 544) was an Irish early monastic saint, counted as one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland. Columba and Mobhí Clárainech are 6th-century Christian saints and 6th-century Irish abbots.

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Monastery

A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits).

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Monasticism

Monasticism, also called monachism or monkhood, is a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work.

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Monk

A monk (from μοναχός, monachos, "single, solitary" via Latin monachus) is a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery.

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Monymusk Reliquary

The Monymusk Reliquary is an eighth century Scottish house-shape reliquaryMoss (2014), p. 286 made of wood and metal characterised by an Insular fusion of Gaelic and Pictish design and Anglo-Saxon metalworking, probably by Ionan monks.

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Movilla Abbey

Movilla Abbey (Mainistir Mhaigh Bhile "Monastery of the Plain of the Notable Tree") in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland, is believed to have been one of Ulster's and Ireland's most important monasteries.

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Mull of Kintyre

The Mull of Kintyre is the southwesternmost tip of the Kintyre Peninsula (formerly Cantyre) in southwest Scotland.

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Munich

Munich (München) is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria, Germany.

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New Rochelle, New York

New Rochelle (older La Nouvelle-Rochelle) is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States.

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Newtownards

Newtownards is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland.

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Niall of the Nine Hostages

Niall Noígíallach (Old Irish "having nine hostages"), or Niall of the Nine Hostages, was a legendary, semi-historical Irish king who was the ancestor of the Uí Néill dynasties that dominated Ireland from the 6th to the 10th centuries.

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Ninian

Ninian is a Christian saint, first mentioned in the 8th century as being an early missionary among the Pictish peoples of what is now Scotland. Columba and Ninian are Anglican saints, Christian missionaries in Scotland and Pictish people.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Oran of Iona

Oran or Odran (Odrán, modern; Otteranus, hence sometimes Otteran; died AD 548), by tradition a descendant of Conall Gulban, was a companion of Saint Columba in Iona, and the first Christian to be buried on that island. Columba and Oran of Iona are 6th-century Christian saints, 6th-century Irish abbots, Irish expatriates in Scotland, medieval Irish saints and medieval Scottish saints.

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Ordination

Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform various religious rites and ceremonies.

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Paganism

Paganism (from classical Latin pāgānus "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism.

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Picts

The Picts were a group of peoples in what is now Scotland north of the Firth of Forth, in the Early Middle Ages.

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Pilgrimage

A pilgrimage is a journey to a holy place, which can lead to a personal transformation, after which the pilgrim returns to their daily life.

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Pipe band

A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and drummers.

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Poet

A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry.

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Presbyter

Presbyter is an honorific title for Christian clergy.

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Provinces of Ireland

There are four provinces of Ireland: Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster.

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Psalter

A psalter is a volume containing the Book of Psalms, often with other devotional material bound in as well, such as a liturgical calendar and litany of the Saints.

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Religious conversion

Religious conversion is the adoption of a set of beliefs identified with one particular religious denomination to the exclusion of others.

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Renfrewshire (historic)

Renfrewshire or the County of Renfrew is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the west central Lowlands of Scotland.

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River Boyne

The River Boyne (An Bhóinn or Abhainn na Bóinne) is a river in Leinster, Ireland, the course of which is about long.

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River Ness

The River Ness (Abhainn Nis) is a river in Highland, Scotland, UK.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Argyll and the Isles

The Diocese of Argyll and the Isles (Diocesis Ergadiensis et Insularum) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Scotland, in the Province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown

The Diocese of Youngstown (Dioecesis Youngstonensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in northeastern Ohio in the United States.

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Rome

Rome (Italian and Roma) is the capital city of Italy.

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Saint

In Christian belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness, likeness, or closeness to God.

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Saint David

David (Dewi Sant; Davidus) was a Welsh Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Mynyw during the 6th century. Columba and Saint David are 6th-century Christian saints and Anglican saints.

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Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick (Patricius; Pádraig or; Padrig) was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Columba and Saint Patrick are Anglican saints, medieval Irish saints, medieval Irish writers and medieval legends.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Scotland in the early Middle Ages

Scotland was divided into a series of kingdoms in the early Middle Ages, i.e. between the end of Roman authority in southern and central Britain from around 400 AD and the rise of the kingdom of Alba in 900 AD.

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Scottish Episcopal Church

The Scottish Episcopal Church (Eaglais Easbaigeach na h-Alba; Scots Episcopal(ian) Kirk) is the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion in Scotland.

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Scriptorium

A scriptorium was a writing room in medieval European monasteries for the copying and illuminating of manuscripts by scribes.

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Southend, Argyll

Southend is the main settlement at the southern end of the Kintyre peninsula in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.

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St Columb's Cathedral

St Columb's Cathedral in the walled city of Derry, Northern Ireland, is the cathedral church and episcopal see of the Church of Ireland's Diocese of Derry and Raphoe.

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St Columb's College

St Columb's College (Coláiste Naomh Colum Cille) is a Roman Catholic boys' grammar school in Derry, Northern Ireland.

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St. Columb's Park

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St. Columba's School

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St. Columba's School, Delhi

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Stanza

In poetry, a stanza (from Italian stanza) is a group of lines within a poem, usually set off from others by a blank line or indentation.

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Swords, Dublin

Swords (or Sord Cholmcille) in County Dublin, the county town of the local government area of Fingal, is a large suburban town on the east coast of Ireland, situated ten kilometres north of Dublin city centre.

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Synod

A synod is a council of a Christian denomination, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application.

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The Calendar of the Church Year

The Calendar of the Church Year is the liturgical calendar found in the 1979 ''Book of Common Prayer'', and in Lesser Feasts and Fasts, with additions made at recent General Conventions.

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The Irish Post

The Irish Post is a national newspaper for the Irish community in Great Britain.

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Tours

Tours (meaning Towers) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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Tullamore

Tullamore is the county town of County Offaly in Ireland.

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Twelve Apostles of Ireland

The Twelve Apostles of Ireland (also known as Twelve Apostles of Erin, Dhá Aspal Déag na hÉireann) were twelve early Irish monastic saints of the sixth century who studied under St Finnian (d. 549) at his famous monastic school Clonard Abbey at Cluain-Eraird (Erard's Meadow), now Clonard in County Meath. Columba and twelve Apostles of Ireland are 6th-century Christian saints and medieval Irish saints.

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Tyrconnell

Tyrconnell, also spelled Tirconnell and Tirconaill, was a kingdom of Gaelic Ireland.

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Uí Néill

The Uí Néill (meaning "descendants of Niall") are Irish dynasties who claim descent from Niall Noígíallach (Niall of the Nine Hostages), a historical King of Tara who died c. 405.

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Ulster

Ulster (Ulaidh or Cúige Uladh; Ulstèr or Ulster) is one of the four traditional or historic Irish provinces.

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Vacoas-Phoenix

Vacoas-Phoenix also known as French: Villes Jumelles (Twin Cities), is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the eastern part also lies in the Moka District.

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Windsor, Ontario

Windsor is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from Detroit, Michigan, United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columba

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