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Columbanus (ST a monk born in Ireland)

ST., a monk; born in Ireland about 540. He went to France vent the Confederates marching on Philain 590, and founded the celebrated mon-delphia. Pop. (1910) 11,454; (1920) astery of Luxeuil, over which he pre- 10,836.

Ireland about 540. He went to France in 590, and founded the celebrated mon- astery of Luxeuil, over which he pre- sided for 20 years. The enmity of Queen Brunehaut caused him to be ordered back to Ireland, from whence he journeyed into Italy, where he founded the monastery of Bobbio in 615. The order of the Columbans was united to that of the Benedictines in the beginning of the 8th century.

COLUMBARIUM, a dove-cote or se. When used in the singular pigeon-house. Whe Columbarium also signifies a particular kind of sepulchral chamber used by the Romans to receive the ashes of bodies which had been burned.