The Life of Saint Columba: Abbot and Apostle of the Northern Picts and Patron of the Monastic Order in Ireland - Paperback

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CHAPTER I. 5 BIRTH AND HOLY DISPOSITIONS OF ST. COLUMBA-HIS ECCLESIASTICAL TRAINING AT ST. FINNIAN'S-HE RECEIVES THE HOLY ORDER OF DEACON CHAPTER II. 12 ST. COLUMBA FOUNDS THE MONASTERIES OF TYRCONNEL AND DURROUGH-HE IS ORDAINED PRIEST-GLORIOUS TESTIMONY TO HIS SANCTITY-HE ESTABLISHES OTHER RELIGIOUS HOUSES-AND FINALLY LEAVES IRELAND FOR HY IN THE HEBRIDES CHAPTER III. 22 ARRIVAL OF ST. COLUMBA WITH HIS MONKS IN HY, WHERE HE BUILDS A CHURCH AND MONASTERY-HE PREACHES TO THE NORTHERN PICTS, AND WORKS TWO STUPENDOUS MIRACLES-OTHER MISSIONARY LABORS OF THE SAINT-HIS CONNECTION STILL WITH IRELAND AND INTEREST IN IRISH AFFAIRS-HE RETURNS TO THAT COUNTRY AND MAKES THE VISITATION OF HIS MONASTERIES, Etc. CHAPTER IV. 37 LAST YEARS OF ST. COLUMBA-HIS SAINTLY DEATH