Monday, 12 October 2015

Saint Colum Cille and the Death of Saint Bec Mac Dé

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D.Wright, Druidism (1924) October 12 is the commemoration of Saint Bec Mac Dé, a saint said by the Irish Annals to have lived in the ...
Friday, 2 October 2015

Saint Brigid and the Little Hostage

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October 2 is the feast of Saint Giallán of Killelan, a Kildare saint with an interesting story attached to his name. There is a note appende...
Saturday, 26 September 2015

Saint Colman's Vision of Saint Patrick

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September 26 is the feast of the County Offaly saint, Colman of Lann-elo . At my other site I have recounted some of the miracles attribute...
Wednesday, 9 September 2015

Earth from Saint Ciarán's Tomb Saves Saint Colum Cille at Sea

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We are told, on his hearing about St. Kieran's death , St. Columkille, Abbot of Iona, declared, that it was a providential circumstan...
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Wednesday, 17 June 2015

A Collect for Saint Columba

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To mark the octave day of the feast of Saint Colum Cille and to conclude the series of posts in his honour, below is a beautiful collect tak...
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Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Hagiography and Saint Colum Cille

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Although the Life of Columba by Saint Adamnan   is one of the most famous works of hagiography, it is not the sole one written about our ...
Monday, 15 June 2015

Saint Colum Cille and Saint Brigid's Blessed Thought

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107. On a time Brigid was going over the plain of Liffey. And as the holy virgin then beheld the fair plain before her, she said that if h...