RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Columba

521 - 597

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Columba () or Colmcille (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) 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 religious and political institution in the region for centuries. He is the patron saint of Derry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Columba has received more than 1,721,302 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Columba is the 873rd most popular religious figure (down from 843rd in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Ireland and the 2nd most popular Irish Religious Figure.

Columba is most famous for the Columban monastic order. Columba was a missionary monk who traveled to Scotland and Ireland in the 6th century. He founded several monasteries, including Iona Abbey in Scotland.

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  • 61.01

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  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Columba ranks 873 out of 3,187. Before him are Lawrence of Brindisi, Mikao Usui, Sai Baba of Shirdi, Tarasios of Constantinople, Hélder Câmara, and Dayananda Saraswati. After him are Philipp Spener, Hans Egede, Caesar Baronius, Ebussuud Efendi, Gerard Majella, and Bavo of Ghent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 521, Columba ranks 1. After him is Simeon Stylites the Younger. Among people deceased in 597, Columba ranks 1. After him are Zhiyi, Fredegund, Simeon Stylites the Younger, and Ceol of Wessex.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Columba ranks 42 out of 549. Before him are John Field (1782), Rory Gallagher (1948), Joseph Murphy (1898), Ernest Walton (1903), Maureen O'Hara (1920), and Bob Geldof (1951). After him are Harald Gille (1103), Ethel Voynich (1864), Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850), Saint Gall (550), Eileen Gray (1878), and John Toland (1670).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Ireland

Among religious figures born in Ireland, Columba ranks 2. Before him are Columbanus (540). After him are Mary Jane Kelly (1863), Kevin Farrell (1947), Saint Fiacre (607), Brigid of Kildare (451), Saint Kilian (640), Dymphna (700), Coloman of Stockerau (1000), Kevin of Glendalough (498), Adomnán (624), and Violet Gibson (1876).

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