Jonas of Bobbio: Life of Columbanus, Life of John of Réomé, and Life of Vedast

by Ian N. Wood and Jonas of Bobbio

Book Overview

Jonas of Bobbio was an Italian monk, author, and abbot, active in Lombard Italy and Merovingian Gaul during the seventh century. He is best known as the author of the Life of Columbanus and His Disciples, one of the most important works of hagiography from the early medieval period, that charts the remarkable journey of the Irish exile and monastic founder, Columbanus (d. 615), through Western Europe, as well as the monastic movement initiated by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781381763
• ISBN13: 9781781381762
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.4"