IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 120: Columbanus: Life and Legacy
Monday 13 July 2009, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities & Social Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway |
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| Organiser: | Aidan Breen, Moore Institute for Research in the Humanities & Social Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway |
| Moderator/Chair: | Mark Stansbury, Department of Classics, National University of Ireland, Galway |
| Paper 120-a | Jonas's Sources: The Biblical, Patristic, and Classical Sources of Jonas of Bobbio, Vita S. Columbani Abbatis (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Hagiography, Language and Literature - Latin |
| Paper 120-b | Bits and Bobs from Bobbio: Material Culture of the Columbanian Monastery (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - General, Monasticism, Religious Life |
| Paper 120-c | The Columbanian Foundations of Eastern France: State of the Question (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Archaeology - Sites, Monasticism, Religious Life |
| Abstract | This session, as its title suggests - 'Columbanus: Life and Legacy' - will give an overview of the parameters of the new Columbanus Project begun at NUI Galway in September 2008. It will explore the textual and visual (i.e. art-historical and archaeological) evidence for the life and missionary work of St Columbanus of Luxeuil and Bobbio. His striking impact on European culture is still insufficiently understood and documented. The three prongs of this project - textual (the preparation of a new edition and annotated translation of Jonas's, 'The Life of Columbanus and his Successors', art-historical and archaeological will be linked by the common theme of medieval pilgrimage. |