Ruben of Dairinis (died 725) was an

Irish Irish may refer to: Common meanings * Someone or something of, from, or related to: ** Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe ***Éire, Irish language name for the isle ** Northern Ireland, a constituent unit ...

scholar. He was, along with

Cú Chuimne Cú Chuimne (died 747 AD) was a monk and scholar of Iona. Cú Chuimne, along with Ruben of Dairinis, was responsible for the great compendium known as ''Collectio canonum Hibernensis'' (''Irish collection of Canon law''), which is the first system ...

Iona Iona (; gd, Ì Chaluim Chille (IPA: �iːˈxaɫ̪ɯimˈçiʎə, sometimes simply ''Ì''; sco, Iona) is a small island in the Inner Hebrides, off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of Scotland. It is mainly known for Iona Abbey, though there ...

, responsible for the great compendium known as ''

Collectio canonum Hibernensis The ''Collectio canonum Hibernensis'' ( en, Irish Collection of Canon law) (or ''Hib'') is a systematic Latin collection of Continental canon law, scriptural and patristic excerpts, and Irish synodal and penitential decrees. ''Hib'' is thought t ...

'' (''Irish collection of Canon law'').

Sources

* ''"Hiberno-Latin Literature to 1169"'', Dáibhí Ó Crónín, ''"A New History of Ireland"'', volume one, 2005. * ''Die irische Kanonensammlung'', ed. Hermann Wasserschleben, Leipzig, 1885. * ''Some seventh-century Hiberno-Latin texts and their relationships'', Aidan Breen, ''Peritia'', iii, pp. 204–14, 1984. 725 deaths 8th-century Irish writers Irish scholars and academics Irish Latinists 8th-century Latin writers Irish Christian monks Year of birth unknown Canon law jurists {{ireland-law-bio-stub