Columba or Colmcille was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is today Scotland at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission. He founded the important abbey on Iona, which became a dominant... Wikipedia
Born: December 7, 521 AD, Gartan
Died: June 9, 597 AD (age 75 years), Iona, United Kingdom
Place of burial: Iona Abbey and Nunnery, United Kingdom
Attributes: Monk's robes, Celtic tonsure and crosier