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Adamnan — Adomnan oder Adamnan (* um 628; † 23. September 704) war ein irischer Heiliger, Hagiograph und der neunte Abt von Iona (679–704). Er ist besonders bekannt für seine beiden wichtigsten Werke als Autor: The Life of Saint Columba (Das Leben des… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Adamnan — (c. 624–704) Saint and Devotional Writer. Adamnan was a native of Ireland. In 679 he was elected Abbot of Iona. He was the author of De Locis Sanctis and a life of St columba. He is mainly remembered for his attempts to persuade the Celtic… … Who’s Who in Christianity
Adamnan, Saint — • Irish born abbot of Iona, and St. Columba s biographer Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 … Catholic encyclopedia
Adamnan, Saint — ▪ Irish abbot and scholar also spelled Adomnan, also called Eunan born c. 625, County Donegal, Ire. died 704, ; feast day September 23 abbot and scholar, particularly noted as the biographer of St. Columba. Nothing is known of… … Universalium
Adamnán, The Vision of — ▪ Gaelic literature Irish Fís Adamnáín in the Gaelic literature of Ireland, one of the earliest and most outstanding medieval Irish visions. This graceful prose work dates from the 10th century and is preserved in the later The Book of… … Universalium
ADAMNAN, ST. — abbot of Iona, of Irish birth, who wrote a life of St. Columba and a work on the Holy Places, of value as the earliest written (625 704) … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Adamnan, St. — (625? 704) Historian, b. in Donegal, became Abbot of Iona in 679. Like other Irish churchmen he was a statesman as well as an ecclesiastic, and appears to have been sent on various political missions. In the great controversy on the subject of … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
St. Adamnan (Eunan) — St. Adamnan † Catholic Encyclopedia ► St. Adamnan (Or Eunan). Abbot of Iona, born at Drumhome, County Donegal, Ireland, c. 624; died at the Abbey of Iona, in 704. He was educated by the Columban monks of his native place,… … Catholic encyclopedia
Saint Adamnan — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Saint Adamnan désigne plusieurs saints chrétiens : Adamnan de Coldingham († 680), d origine irlandaise, moine en Écosse au terme d un pèlerinage,… … Wikipédia en Français
St. Ernan — Ernan † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Ernan Name of four Irish saints. O Hanlon enumerates twenty five saints bearing the name Ernan, Ernain, or Ernin; it is, therefore, not surprising that their Acts have become confused. (1) St. Ernan … Catholic encyclopedia
