As we mark 1,500 years since the birth of Saint Colm Cille/ Columba, Áine Ní Bhreisleáin reflects on the significance of this extraordinary man who was a missionary, a poet and scribe, a diplomat and, ultimately, an exile. She also discovers how Colm Cille became known as the protector of women, and hears stories in which he came to the aid […]

Columcille in Context: Theologians and Historians in Conversation to Commemorate the 15th Centenary of the Birth of Saint Columba of Iona (521/ 2021). Bede’s Historia ecclesiastica, v.15-17 and Adamnán’s De locis sanctis. J.-Michel Reaux Colvin Modern & Classical Languages & Literatures Department The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga