Saint Columbanus of Ghent
- Memorial
- 2 February
- Profile
- Abbot of an Irish community.
Following a series of Viking raids, he led his community to safer fields in Belgium.
On 2 February 957 Columbanus became a hermit in the cemetery near the church of Saint Bavo, Ghent.
He developed a wide reputation for holiness and attracted new followers.
His name is in the litany to be recited in Belgium during public emergencies.
- Born
- Irish
- Died
- 15 February 959;
buried in the cathedral of Ghent
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
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