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THE
LIFE OF
ST. COLUMBA.
THE life of St. Columba*, tbe apostle of the Highlands and
Western Isles of Scotland, and the founder and first abbot of
the famous cathedral of lona. His genealogy runs thus : He
wassonof Felini, son of Fergus, sonof Conall,son of Niel, of the
nine hostages, son of Eochaidh, son of Murdoch, son of Cairbre,
sonofCormac,son of Airt, son of Conn, of hundred battles,son of
Herinwu, son of Mill, of Spain. His life was written by two of
his successors, Cummin and Adomnan. The former of these
■wrote about sixty, and the latter about eighty.lhree years after
the death of the saint ; so that they had very good opportunity
of coming at the knowledge of every part of his life and charac-
ter. But unhappily, it seems not to have been the object of
*Thc venerable Bede, Camden, and some othprs, call him Colnmbanus.
In the language of the country, he is called Columcille (or Colnm of the
Ctlls), from his having founded so many churches. The addition of Cillf,
seems to have been early made to liis original name Colum. Another emi-
nent Irish saint of the name of Colnmbanns, who flourished about the same
■Di^iod, !» often confounded with St Colnmba.
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