Life of St Columba - Couverture souple

Of Iona, Adomnan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140444629 ISBN 13 : 9780140444629

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 1995

Synopsis

Life of St.Columba Founding father of the famous monastery on the island of Iona, a site of pilgrimage ever since his death in 597, St Columba was born into one of the ruling families in Ireland at a time of immense expansion for the Irish Church. This account of his life is written by the ninth abbot of Iona, and a distant relative of St Columba. Full description

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

Founding father of the famous monastery on the island of Iona, a site of pilgrimage ever since his death in 597, St Columba was born into one of the ruling families in Ireland at a time of immense expansion for the Irish Church. This account of his life, written by Adomnán - the ninth abbot of Iona, and a distant relative of St Columba - describes his travels from Ireland to Scotland and his mission in the cause of Celtic Christianity there. Written 100 years after St Columba's death, it draws on written and oral traditions to depict a wise abbot among his monks, who like Christ was capable of turning water into wine, controlling sea-storms and raising the dead. An engaging account of one of the central figures in the 'Age of Saints', this is a major work of early Irish and Scottish history.

Biographie de l'auteur :

St Adomnan was born in Ireland c.628, a descendant of St Columba's grandfather. In 679 he became the ninth abbot of Iona. He played an important role in persuading the northern Irish churches to adopt the Catholic date for Easter, but his most famous work is his Life of St Columba. He died on Iona in 704. Dr Richard Sharp is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and since 1987 has served as a member of Oxford City Council. He is a Reader in Diplomatic in the Faculty of Modern History and a professorial fellow of Wadham College, Oxford.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0140444629
• ISBN 13: 9780140444629
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432