Suibne moccu Fir Thrí
''Suibne moccu Urthrí, Suibhne Iwas the sixth
abbot
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of
Iona (652–657). His abbacy is obscure, and he appears not to have been from the same kindred,
Cenél Conaill
Cenél is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Cenél Conaill, the name of the "kindred" or descendants of Conall Gulban, son of Niall Noígiallach defined by oral and recorded history
*Cenél nEógain (in English, Cenel Eogan) is ...
, as
Columba
Columba () or Colmcille (7 December 521 – 9 June 597 AD) was an Irish abbot and missionary evangelist credited with spreading Christianity in what is today Scotland at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission. He founded the important abbey ...
and most other early Ionan abbots. His abbacy saw a continuation of the evangelization of England and spread of Gaelic churchmen there, with
Diuma becoming the first
Bishop of Mercia
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in 656. He died in 657 and his feast day is 11 January.
See also
*
Corca Fhir Trí
Further reading
* Sharpe, Richard, ''Adomnán of Iona: Life of St. Columba'', (London, 1995)
References
657 deaths
Abbots of Iona
7th-century Irish abbots
Irish expatriates in Scotland
Year of birth unknown
7th-century Christian abbots
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