Columban church

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The Columban church was the network of early medieval Christian communities in Scotland and northern Britain that followed the monastic and missionary traditions of St Columba and the monastery of Iona.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian church tradition
missionary movement
monastic network
associatedMonastery Durrow NERFINISHED
Iona Abbey NERFINISHED
Kells NERFINISHED
Lindisfarne NERFINISHED
associatedSaint St Adomnán of Iona NERFINISHED
St Aidan of Lindisfarne NERFINISHED
St Columba NERFINISHED
St Cuthbert NERFINISHED
centeredOnMonastery Iona NERFINISHED
conflictWith Roman church in Britain
declineCause adoption of Roman practices in Northumbria
denominationalContext Celtic Christianity NERFINISHED
disputeTopic clerical tonsure
date of Easter
ecclesiasticalPractice distinct Easter dating
ecclesiasticalPractice distinct tonsure
followsTraditionOf St Columba NERFINISHED
foundedBy St Columba NERFINISHED
foundingDate 563
foundingEvent foundation of Iona Abbey
geographicRegion Ireland NERFINISHED
Northumbria NERFINISHED
Pictland NERFINISHED
Scotland NERFINISHED
northern Britain
governance abbatial leadership
monastic synods
influenced Northumbrian church
Pictish church
influencedBy Irish monasticism
keyEvent Synod of Whitby NERFINISHED
legacy spread of Christianity in northern Britain
liturgicalTradition Celtic rite
missionaryFocus conversion of the Picts
evangelization of northern Britain
monasticRuleType Celtic monastic rule
organizationalStructure monastic federation
primaryLanguage Latin
Old Irish
religion Christianity
spiritualEmphasis asceticism
peregrinatio (missionary exile)
theologicalOrientation Latin Christianity NERFINISHED
timePeriod early Middle Ages
timePeriodEnd 8th century
timePeriodStart 6th century

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Bridei mac Bili associatedWith Columban church