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Columba
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Columba

Small constellation of the southern hemisphere, represented as a dove. Its earlier name, ‘Columba Noachii’, identifies it with the dove sent forth by Noah after the Flood.

Columba

Genus of pigeon.



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Irenaeus), by Origen of Alexandria, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Jerome, Augustine, John Cassian (representing a diverse desert praxis) and Columcille (representing Irish monasticism).
This old text: an analogy for biblical interpretation by Green, Barbara / Biblical Theology Bulletin
Finnian, proud of owning a unique book of psalms, refused to let Columcille copy it.
Don Brown Across a Dark and Wild Sea by Burns, Mary M. / The Horn Book Magazine
While even people exposed to a good college core curriculum might scratch their heads at the mention of the sixth-century Irish monks Columcille and Columbanus, nearly everyone has some notion, however incomplete or muddled, of Abraham and Moses.
The Gifts of the Jews: How a Tribe of Desert Nomads Changed the Way ... by Gediman, Paul / Commonweal
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