Columbanus

Columbanus is the most austere; he had been educated amidst the poverty of Ireland, as rigid, perhaps, and inflexible as the abstemious virtue of Egypt.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

"I have a fault to atone for," recalled Columbanus devoutly, "having betrayed my trust once in this same chapel, I, who most of all should have been faithful."

A Morbid Taste For Bones Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1977

The abbot called Columbanus unto him and said that though it was

A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905

So the old judge had been a leading light in the Knights of St. Columbanus, the principal power brokers in Irish society for decades after the Republic won independence.

The Priest Gerard O’Donovan 2011

As he sat alone in the dining room having his supper, he smiled to himself at the thought of someone mixing him up with Tom Furlong, a local elderly member of the Knights of Columbanus.

The Empty Family Colm Tóibín 2011

Image sources: Columbanus; Casablanca; Cowen (with thanks to the artist).

Saints, censors and satire 2009

In How the Irish Saved Civilization, historian Thomas Cahill writes that “to Columbanus, the pope was one of the brothers, a father abbot worthy of respect, by all means — but also in need, like any man, of an occasional jab in the ribs.”

Saints, censors and satire 2009

"We are going to have to make a choice: What do we want to restructure"—government debt or household debt? asks Constantin Gurdgiev , an adjunct lecturer in finance at Trinity College Dublin and head of research for St. Columbanus AG, an asset manager.

Problems in Ireland and Portugal Pose Broader Risks Charles Forelle 2011

It is instructive to compare this attitude with that of the dutiful Christian scribes, who overcame their aesthetic qualms for the general good, and with Columbanus, whose saintliness accommodated a healthy irreverence for authority.

Saints, censors and satire 2009

As he sat alone in the dining room having his supper, he smiled to himself at the thought of someone mixing him up with Tom Furlong, a local elderly member of the Knights of Columbanus.

The Empty Family Colm Tóibín 2011