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Atala or Attala (died 622) was a disciple of Columbanus and his successor as abbot of Bobbio from 615.Attala was originally from Burgundy and first became a monk at the abbey of Lérins. Displeased with the loose discipline prevailing there he instead entered the abbey of Luxeuil which had just been founded by Columbanus. When the latter was expelled from Luxeuil by King Theuderic II Attala would have succeeded him as abbot but preferred to follow him into exile.
