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Saint Columba (, 'church dove'; 7 December 521 – 9 June 597) was an Irish abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity in what is today Scotland at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission . He founded the important abbey on Iona , which became ...
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Columba \Co*lum"ba\, n. (Med.) See Calumba . [1913 Webster] ||
Usage examples of columba.
Perhaps Father Columba had become a priest of Christ because no college of Druids would have had a man so stupid among their ranks.
She, Igraine herself, had more clerkly skills than Father Columba, and spoke better Latin when she wished.
Father Columba had argued with her a long time about proper prayer and preparation, and Igraine had decided that she was never properly prepared for it.
Father Columba had advanced toward Morgaine, who stood without flinching.
Igraine saw them go, hoping now for some way to evade the watchful eyes of Father Columba, for, although he followed her will and had not spoken to her, his eyes followed her everywhere.
It seemed that she was wandering in the icy spaces again, trying blindly to force herself through the storm to give her warning, and once Father Columba came and mumbled Latin at her, and she was frantic.
Father Columba came into the hall, thrust a torch into the banked fire and set it ablaze.
Father Columba bent over, briefly uncovered the face, made the sign of the cross, then turned away again.
As Father Columba rose from the dead man's side and signalled to the soldiers to carry the body into the chapel, she touched his arm.
Trust me, Morgaine: never say any more to Father Columba than you must, but always believe what the Sight tells you, for it comes to you directly from the Goddess.
Once again Morgaine felt the impulse to make the sign of the cross, and wondered if all this country would vanish away as Father Columba said all demonwork and sorceries must vanish at that sign.
I asked Father Columba once if God had any other name, and he said, no, there was only one Name by which we could be saved and that was Jesus the Christ, but-" She broke off, abashed.
The sound of church bells rang out quietly over the Lake, and suddenly Morgaine was back in childhood, listening to Father Columba speaking earnestly of chastity as the greatest.
As Father Columba rose from the dead man’s side and signalled to the soldiers to carry the body into the chapel, she touched his arm.
I asked Father Columba once if God had any other name, and he said, no, there was only one Name by which we could be saved and that was Jesus the Christ, but-“ She broke off, abashed.