Bobbio Abbey is a monastery founded by Irish Saint Columbanus in 614, around which later grew up the town of Bobbio, in the province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is dedicated to Saint Columbanus. It was famous as a centre of resistance to Arianism and as one of the greatest libraries in the Middle Ages. The abbey was dissolved under the French administration in 1803, although many of the buildings remain in other uses.
The basilica of San Colombano
The sepulchral ark of Saint Columbanus from 1480
Columbanus was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries after 590 in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms, most notably Luxeuil Abbey in present-day France and Bobbio Abbey in present-day Italy.
Saint Columbanus, stained glass window, Bobbio Abbey crypt
Facade of the Abbey in Bobbio
Stone bridge over the Trebbia river leading to Bobbio Abbey in northern Italy
Fresco of Saint Columbanus in Brugnato Cathedral