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    The Life of Saint Columba, Abbot, and Apostle of the Northern Picts
    The Life of Saint Columba, Abbot, and Apostle of the Northern Picts
    The Life of Saint Columba, Abbot, and Apostle of the Northern Picts
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      The Life of Saint Columba, Abbot, and Apostle of the Northern Picts - Archive Classics

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Life of Saint Columba, Abbot, and

      Apostle of the Northern Picts, by Anonymous

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

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      Title: The Life of Saint Columba, Abbot, and Apostle of the Northern Picts

      Author: Anonymous

      Other: John Murphy

      Release Date: January 27, 2012 [EBook #38682]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LIFE OF SAINT COLUMBA, ABBOT ***

      Produced by Michael Gray, Diocese of San Jose

      THE

      LIFE OF SAINT COLUMBA,

      ABBOT AND APOSTLE OF THE NORTHERN PICTS

      AND PATRON OF THE MONASTIC ORDER IN IRELAND.

      Iste est qui ante Deum magnos virtutes operatus est, et de omni corde suo laudavit Dominum.

      This is he who before God operated wonders, and with all his heart praised the Lord.

      CHAPTER I.

      BIRTH AND HOLY DISPOSITIONS OF ST. COLUMBA—HIS ECCLESIASTICAL TRAINING AT ST. FINNIAN'S—HE RECEIVES THE HOLY ORDER OF DEACON

      AFTER having attempted to write the life of our illustrious St. Patrick, with that of his spiritual daughter Bridget, the saintly patroness of Ireland, it is but meet, and may be expected, that we should also endeavor to furnish the biography of the holy Columba, or Columkille, who, living almost in the same era, filled with the same spirit, and enclosed in the same shrine, has ever been deemed with them one of Erin's chief patrons, his name being interwoven with theirs in the reminiscences of Irish piety.

      This glorious saint was born about the close of the year 521, so that as a spiritual star, he began to rise in the firmament of the Irish Church, just as St. Bridget had disappeared therefrom to shine in heaven. His birth and future eminence were predicted during the lifetime of St. Patrick, perhaps by the holy apostle himself. By his father, Mancanava, the blood of the Nialls, princes of Tyrconnel, flowed in his veins, while by his mother Aethena, who drew her origin from an illustrious family in Leinster, he was connected with Caithir, the reigning monarch of all Ireland.

      Previous to his birth, a dream or vision of singular import admonished Aethena that her child was to be specially blessed by the Most High. While asleep one night, it seemed to her that an angel approached, bearing in his hand a robe of unparalleled beauty, which having presented to her, he after a short interval withdrew, and spreading it forth suffered the wind to carry it away. Disappointed at this strange proceeding, Aethena anxiously inquired why she had not been permitted to retain this beauteous garment, and her interrogatory was met by the reply that it could not be allowed to remain with her. Meanwhile, and as the angel spoke, Aethena kept her eyes steadfastly fixed on the mantle which was now balanced in the firmament; and as it ascended towards the heavens she perceived that its dimensions became

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