# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/columba
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:31:18.491Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/columba"
name: "Columba"
slug: "columba"
description: "Columba or Colmcille was an Irish abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission in what became Scotland. 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 and one of the patron saints of Ireland along with Patrick and Brigid. He was venerated by both the Gaels of Dál Riata and the Picts, and is remembered as one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland."
tagline: "6th‑century Gaelic Irish missionary monk, Christian saint, pioneer of Celtic Christianity in Scotland and “Apostle of the Picts”"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stained_Glass_Window_in_St_Margaret's_Chapel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "0521-12-07"
deathDate: "0597-06-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.42
  momentum:             2.298622527067627
  historical:           23.24772266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columba_van_Iona"
    title: "Columba van Iona"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halga_Columba"
    title: "Halga Columba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "كولومبا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كولومبا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columba_d'Iona"
    title: "Columba d'Iona"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koulm_(sant)"
    title: "Koulm (sant)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sant_Columba"
    title: "Sant Columba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svat%C3%BD_Kolumba"
    title: "Svatý Kolumba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colum_Cille"
    title: "Colum Cille"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columban_von_Iona"
    title: "Columban von Iona"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columba"
    title: "Columba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolumbao"
    title: "Kolumbao"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columba_de_Iona"
    title: "Columba de Iona"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columba"
    title: "Columba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolunba_Ionakoa"
    title: "Kolunba Ionakoa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کولومبا"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columba_(munkki)"
    title: "Columba (munkki)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colomba_d'Iona"
    title: "Colomba d'Iona"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolumba_fan_Iona"
    title: "Kolumba fan Iona"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colm_Cille"
    title: "Colm Cille"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calum_Cille"
    title: "Calum Cille"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Columba de Iona"
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  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%94"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szent_Kolumba"
    title: "Szent Kolumba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Columba"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q236326"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump