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Venerable (Monastic) · 6th century

Saint Columba of Iona

Also known as Colum Cille · Enlightener of Scotland

An Irish prince and monk who, leaving his homeland, founded the monastery of Iona off the coast of Scotland, from which he and his disciples brought the Gospel to the Picts and Scots.

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Notes

Pre-schism Western saint.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints