Blogs about: Columba Of Iona

Random thoughts on St Oswald at Prayer

Michelle wrote 1 week ago: From Bede’s History III.12 (McClure and Collins, p. 129) “It is related, for example, t … more »

Tags: Aidan of Lindisfarne, IONA, King Oswald, Medieval Kings, Northumbria, Terminology, Venerable Bede

Hours of Prayer

Michelle wrote 1 month ago: Sunday someone asked me how many times a day medieval people prayed and I said 7 or 8. I realized th … more »

Tags: Book of Hours, Psalms

Columba's Marriage Advice

Michelle wrote 2 months ago: In Adomnan’s Life of Columba he relates a curious episode that seems to be pointed directly at … more »

Tags: Adomnan of Iona, Audrey of Ely, Chad of Litchfield, Queen & Abbesses, Northumbria, Venerable Bede

Remembering Deira4 comments

Michelle wrote 6 months ago: St Willibrord is the patron saint of ecumenical relationships between Anglicans and Old Catholics, … more »

Tags: Northumbria, Medieval Kings, Anglo-Celtic, Frisia & Flanders, York, King Oswald, Ireland, Willibrord, Ripon

Martyrdom: Red, White, and Blue8 comments

Michelle wrote 7 months ago: Recently Bishop Duncan of Pittsburgh made the following statement: “My prayer for us who have … more »

Tags: Anglican Communion, IONA, Ireland

Following Columba

Michelle wrote 7 months ago: I am so glad that Martin, Bishop of Argyll and the Isles (Scottish Episcopal Church) as returned to … more »

Tags: spirituality, Anglican Communion, IONA

Romanitas at Birr?

Michelle wrote 8 months ago: I was reading Thomas O’Loughlin’s Celtic Theology (2000) last night. I’m always in … more »

Tags: Adomnan of Iona, IONA, Synods, Ireland

Northumbrian Local Theology

Michelle wrote 8 months ago: I have recently been reading Thomas O’Loughlin’s Celtic Theology, and his discussion of Celtic t … more »

Tags: Northumbria, spirituality, Anglo-Celtic, Lindisfarne, IONA, Stephen of Ripon

Not since Whitby... 2 comments

Michelle wrote 9 months ago: Occasionally you will hear that the Church of England has not been in such a crisis since Whitby, an … more »

Tags: Lindisfarne, Anglican Communion, Whitby, Wilfrid of Ripon

Columba's Excommunication1 comment

Michelle wrote 9 months ago: In my previous post on the feast of St. Brendan, I mentioned that Adomnan’s use of Brendan of … more »

Tags: Whitby, IONA, Ireland

Saints of Heavenfield

Michelle wrote 9 months ago: Heavenfield is a rural site near Hadrian’s wall, within the medieval monastic estate of the Ab … more »

Tags: Aidan of Lindisfarne, Audrey of Ely, Frisia & Flanders, Heavenfield, Hexham, IONA, King Oswald, Lindisfarne, Northumbria

St Columba of Iona: A Complicated Legacy1 comment

Michelle wrote 11 months ago: Blessed St. Columba’s Day! Today we remember the Apostle to Scotland. An involuntary exile fro … more »

Tags: Aedan mac Gabran, Dalriada, IONA, Saints


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