Saint Columba
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Saint Columba was a 6th-century Irish missionary monk and abbot who played a key role in the spread of Christianity in Scotland, particularly through his monastery on the island of Iona.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Saint Columba canonical | 29 |
| St Columba | 3 |
| Columba of Iona | 2 |
| Colum Cille | 1 |
| Saint Columba (traditional) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T657468 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Saint Columba Context triple: [Inchcolm, namedAfter, Saint Columba]
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Augustine of Canterbury
Augustine of Canterbury was a 6th–7th century Benedictine monk and missionary who led the Gregorian mission to convert the Anglo-Saxons and became the first Archbishop of Canterbury, laying the foundations of the English Church.
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Saint Chad
Saint Chad was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon bishop and missionary, venerated as a saint for his role in spreading Christianity in Mercia and Northumbria.
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Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick is the 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland and later venerated as the country’s patron saint.
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Ethelred, Abbot of Dunkeld
Ethelred, Abbot of Dunkeld, was a medieval Scottish churchman and royal prince, known as a son of Saint Margaret of Scotland and for holding both ecclesiastical and secular authority in 11th-century Scotland.
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Martin of Tours
Martin of Tours was a 4th-century Roman soldier-turned-bishop renowned for his piety, missionary work in Gaul, and the famous legend of sharing his cloak with a beggar.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Saint Columba Target entity description: Saint Columba was a 6th-century Irish missionary monk and abbot who played a key role in the spread of Christianity in Scotland, particularly through his monastery on the island of Iona.
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Augustine of Canterbury
Augustine of Canterbury was a 6th–7th century Benedictine monk and missionary who led the Gregorian mission to convert the Anglo-Saxons and became the first Archbishop of Canterbury, laying the foundations of the English Church.
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Saint Chad
Saint Chad was a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon bishop and missionary, venerated as a saint for his role in spreading Christianity in Mercia and Northumbria.
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C.
Saint Patrick
Saint Patrick is the 5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland and later venerated as the country’s patron saint.
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Ethelred, Abbot of Dunkeld
Ethelred, Abbot of Dunkeld, was a medieval Scottish churchman and royal prince, known as a son of Saint Margaret of Scotland and for holding both ecclesiastical and secular authority in 11th-century Scotland.
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Martin of Tours
Martin of Tours was a 4th-century Roman soldier-turned-bishop renowned for his piety, missionary work in Gaul, and the famous legend of sharing his cloak with a beggar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
6th-century Christian figure
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Christian saint ⓘ Irish missionary ⓘ abbot ⓘ founder of monastery ⓘ monk ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Colm Cille
ⓘ
Saint Columba ⓘ
surface form:
Colum Cille
|
| associatedWith |
Gaels
ⓘ
Dál Riata ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Dál Riata
Picts (early period) ⓘ
surface form:
Picts
|
| birthDate | c. 521 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Gartan, County Donegal, Ireland ⓘ |
| canonizationStatus | pre-congregation ⓘ |
| century | 6th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 9 June 597 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Iona
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surface form:
Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
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| denomination | Celtic Christianity ⓘ |
| era | Early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Irish ⓘ |
| feastDay | 9 June ⓘ |
| founded |
Iona Abbey
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monastery on the island of Iona ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| influenced | Christianization of Scotland ⓘ |
| knownFor |
founding the monastery on Iona
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mission to the Picts ⓘ spreading Christianity in Scotland ⓘ |
| language | Old Irish ⓘ |
| legend | traditionally associated with an encounter with the Loch Ness Monster ⓘ |
| name | Columba ⓘ |
| notableWork | Hymns and prayers attributed to him ⓘ |
| occupation |
abbot
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missionary ⓘ monk ⓘ scribe ⓘ |
| patronage |
Derry
ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial | Iona ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Iona
ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ |
| sourceOfBiography | Vita Columbae by Adomnán of Iona ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Anglican Communion
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Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern Orthodox Church
Lutheranism ⓘ
surface form:
Lutheran Church
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
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Subject: Saint Columba Description of subject: Saint Columba was a 6th-century Irish missionary monk and abbot who played a key role in the spread of Christianity in Scotland, particularly through his monastery on the island of Iona.
Referenced by (36)
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