A mem­ber of Clan O’Donnell, Columba de­scend­ed from Ir­ish roy­al­ty. He stu­died at the mo­nas­tic school of Mo­ville un­der Fin­i­an, then at Lein­ster un­der Gem­man. Up­on en­ter­ing the mon­as­tery at Clo­nard, he be­came a priest. In 563, he went to Scot­land, where he be­came the Ab­bot of Io­na and con­vert­ed the north­ern Picts to Chris­ti­an­i­ty. He was al­so re­port­ed to be one of the first to see the so called Loch Ness Mon­ster.

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Hymns

1. Deus Pater Cre­den­ti­um
   • O God, Thou Art the Fa­ther
2. In Aonasán Dom Ins an Sliabh’
   • Alone with None but Thee, My God
3. In Te, Christe, Credentium
4. Altus Prosator, Vetustus
   • The Father Exalted, Ancient of Days, Unbegotten
5. Christus Redemptor Omnium
   • Christ Is the World’s Redeemer