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The Church Fathers · c. 639–643
The Life of Columbanus
Jonas of Bobbio · 7th century
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What it is
The life of the Irish founder of Luxeuil and Bobbio, written a generation later by a monk of his own house, including his quarrel with the Frankish court.
Why it lasted
The principal source for the Irish mission on the continent, and a model for Frankish monastic biography.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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