ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER
Saints celebrated on the 12th of December
SAINT COLUMBA OF TERRYGLASS, ABBOT
Saint Columba was a son of Crinthainn and a disciple of St Finnian of Clonard. When the latter was in extremis, from the plague, Columba administered Holy Viaticum.
Having completed his studies, he took charge of Caemban, Fintan, and Mocumin, who are numbered among the saints.
HE FOUNDED THE MONASTERY OF TERRYGLASS
He founded the celebrated monastery of Tirdaglas, or Terryglass, 548.
It is said that he visited Tours and brought thence relics of St Martin.
He died of the plague, December 13, 552, and was buried within the precincts of his own monastery at Terryglass. Some fifteen other saints of Ireland, bearing the name Columba, are mentioned in the Martyrology of Gorman.
Source: Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913
PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Columba may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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