Columbanus
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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 pre
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
Luxeuil Abbey
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Luxeuil Abbey, the Abbaye Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul, was one of the oldest and best-known monasteries in Franche-Comté, located in what is now the département of Haute-Saône in Franche-Comté, France.
Columbanus
…21 November 615) 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. Columbanus taught an Irish monastic rule and penitential practices for those repenting of…
The cloister at Luxeuil Abbey
Seventh-century lectionary produced at Luxeuil.
Abbatial palace at Luxeuil