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View Name: Columba
COLUMBA
Gender:
Masculine
Usage:
Late Roman
Pronounced:
kə-LUM-bə
(English)
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Late Latin name meaning "dove".
Saint
Columba was a 6th-century Irish monk who established a monastery on the island of Iona off the coast of Scotland. He is credited with the conversion of Scotland to Christianity.
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