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Columbanus (Irish: Columbán 543 – 21 November 615) 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 Abbey in present-day France and Bobbio Abbey in present-day Italy.

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birth date
0543-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Nobber, Leinster, Kingdom of Meath
death date
0615-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 0615-11-21
death place
Bobbio, Kingdom of the Lombards
venerated in
Catholic Church

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