SAINT COLUMBANUS

Comumbanus, like many Irish clergy was very outspoken. They Irish monks were the notable exception of intellectuality in the “dark ages,” and they were much more egalitarian than the rest of the church where dissent and criticism was not welcomed.

Comumbanus, like many Irish clergy was very outspoken. They Irish monks were the notable exception of intellectuality in the “dark ages,” and they were much more egalitarian than the rest of the church where dissent and criticism was not welcomed.