Sorry for delay in replying but I have kept your e-mail on my system and
meant to answer it before but never got around to it.
I do not know how much help I can be but I can give you a little
information;
I Quote; IllustratedNotes on English Church History. Rev C A Lane. 1906
After his bannishment from Ireland Saint Columba took twleve companions
across to Scotland in a coracle (still made in Ironbridge, Shropshire,
England)
Eventually;
"They landed on a small ISland separated by a strait from the larger Isle of
Mull, on the ve of Whit-Sunday, AD-565. We call that island Iona, it is
three miles long and one mile broad. King Connel, a kinsman of Columba, gave
him the island to be used as a religious settlement. There a monastery was
founded to which the whole of northern Scotland, and the myriad isles
surrounding it, owe their first knowledge of christianity. In every highland
valley some hermit from Iona became a witness unto Christ, and even Iceland
was not considered too long and dangerous a voyage for their little boats to
make."
So lands Saint Columba on Iona.
OIn the book 'Church Treasury of History, Custom & Folklore', William
Andrews says that the Saints Cuthbert, Columba and Chad were three foremost
reformers who worked to Christianise pagan wells in Scotland.
A few hours prior to his death Saint Columba is claimed to have said; "To
this place, little and poor though it be, there shall come great honour, not
only from Scottish kings and people, but from barbarous and foreign nations,
and from the Saints of other churches also"
I do not suppose this helps much but it does, perhaps, indicate a line of
research. Using the three Saints as an indication of what literature to look
for.
I will look for any other references and let you know what I find.
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