The Life of Saint Columba Apostle of Scotland
Frances Alice Forbes
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Saint Columba (521 – 597) was an Irish abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity in present-day Scotland. He founded the important abbey on Iona, which became a dominant religious and political institution in the region for centuries. He is the Patron Saint of Derry. He was highly regarded by both the Gaels of Dál Riata and the Picts, and is remembered today as a Christian saint and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.
Columba reportedly studied under some of Ireland's most prominent church figures and founded several monasteries in the country. Around 563 he and his twelve companions crossed to Dunaverty near Southend, Argyll in Kintyre before settling in Iona in Scotland, then part of the Irish kingdom of Dál Riata, where they founded a new abbey as a base for spreading Christianity among the northern Pictish kingdoms who were pagan. He remained active in Irish politics, though he spent most of the remainder of his life in Scotland. Three surviving early medieval Latin hymns may be attributed to him. - Summary by Wikipedia (2 hr 23 min)
Chapters
Preface | 5:00 | Read by MaryAnn |
Child of the Mountain and the Lake | 10:20 | Read by MaryAnn |
The Schooling of a Saint | 11:24 | Read by MaryAnn |
Derry and Durrow | 13:52 | Read by Sandra Cullum |
The Cow and the Calf | 12:43 | Read by Sandra Cullum |
A Bitter Penance | 12:02 | Read by Sandra Cullum |
The Isle in the Western Seas | 15:07 | Read by Sandra Cullum |
The Apostle of Scotland | 13:48 | Read by Sandra Cullum |
The Convention of Drum-Ceatt | 13:05 | Read by Sandra Cullum |
For Christ and His Love | 13:02 | Read by Sandra Cullum |
The Gift of Vision | 11:35 | Read by Sandra Cullum |
The Light Eternal | 11:13 | Read by Phil Chenevert |
Reviews
Surprised!
Oskari
interesting! And the readers are pretty good. I knew very little about this man. Some of the book is a bit too "hagiographic" to my taste. But I suppose the sources that we have on him are quite limited to that type of information.
Jaw1LA
Well read and a story that stirs my heart to go on a pilgrimage both inwardly of more prayer and to the island of Iona.
The Life of St Columba
Monaxi
A beautiful reading of a beautiful story. St Columba intercede on our behalf. Amen.
wonderful reading!
Bumditty
both readers were clear and loud. a wonderful biography
Jonas Herum
very good little book. very interesting and well read