Columbanus ad Locum: The Establishment of the Monastic Foundations
Alexander O’Hara
Columbanus established a number of important monasteries in Merovingian Gaul, Alamannia, and Lombard Italy between ad 591 his death Bobbio 615. But what were the factors that lay behind choice these sites? Did he play an active role foundation process or was at whim royal patrons, who gave him lands on which to establish monasteries? This article proposes more complex dynamic underlay sites, whereby patrons acted concert appropriate ancient healing cult sites within Christian pastoral framework. The commonalities shared by reveal element Columbanus’ establishment monasteries. has implications for how are interpreted understanding as peregrinus monastic founder continent.
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