The Quest of Three Abbots: The Golden Age of Celtic Christianity

by Brendan Lehane

Book Overview

This lively and original account of early Celtic Christianity provides a history of the growth and development of the Celtic church. Focusing on the biographies of Saints Brendan, Columba, and Columbanus, the author tells their stories against the background of European history. These three celebrated "wanderers for Christ" followed their destinies in different, but epoch-making, ways: Brendan to America, Columba to Iona, and Columbanus to continental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0940262657
• ISBN13: 9780940262652
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Lindisfarne Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"