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48 IONA, OR ICOLMKILL.
the abbey of Luxeuil. There they had numbers of zealous
ftudents. Twenty years afterwards, Columbanus being ex-
pelled from the Vofges, Gall fettled in Switzerland; but
Columbanus proceeded to Lombardy, and there, under the
patronage of the king, Agilulf, founded the convent of
Bobbio in the Apennines. The fchools in the Vofges remained,
and Columbanus was invited to return to them; but he de-
clined, and continued to live at Bobbio with his friend Jonas
the abbot. St. Gall founded the monaftery called after him,
and of which the town ftill retains the name, on the river
Steinach, and died at the age of ninety-five.
Aidan, an apoftle from the illand of Hii, or Iona, was invited
by Ofwald, king of Northumberland, to Chriftianize his people,
amongft whom he laboured affiduoufly, travelling everywhere
on foot, and giving everything that he had to the poor amongft
whom he preached. He became firft bifhop of Lindisfarne,
where he died in 651, twenty-two years before the birth of
Bede, venerated to enthufiafm by the people. His fucceflbrs,
Finan and Colman, had to ftand ftrong contefts with the
abbot Wilfrid, and the reft of the Roman clergy, and were
finally compelled to return to Iona. But from the Hibernian
fchool went forth other mifiionaries, extending their field of
labour to the continent. Clement fpread the gofpel in Bavaria,
where, protefting againft the errors of Rome, he was denounced
and fent prifoner to the Pope. The Catholic clergy were
efpecially fcandalized at his being a married man. Fellow-
labourers of his were Sampfon and Virgilius. The latter
carried the gofpel into Carinthia, and became bifhop of Saltz-
burg, but not without encountering the hoftility of the papal
clergy whofe errors he oppofed. So far was Virgilius before
his age, that he anticipated Galileo, and declared that there were
antipodes,—a theory much difcufied even in the third century,
the abbey of Luxeuil. There they had numbers of zealous
ftudents. Twenty years afterwards, Columbanus being ex-
pelled from the Vofges, Gall fettled in Switzerland; but
Columbanus proceeded to Lombardy, and there, under the
patronage of the king, Agilulf, founded the convent of
Bobbio in the Apennines. The fchools in the Vofges remained,
and Columbanus was invited to return to them; but he de-
clined, and continued to live at Bobbio with his friend Jonas
the abbot. St. Gall founded the monaftery called after him,
and of which the town ftill retains the name, on the river
Steinach, and died at the age of ninety-five.
Aidan, an apoftle from the illand of Hii, or Iona, was invited
by Ofwald, king of Northumberland, to Chriftianize his people,
amongft whom he laboured affiduoufly, travelling everywhere
on foot, and giving everything that he had to the poor amongft
whom he preached. He became firft bifhop of Lindisfarne,
where he died in 651, twenty-two years before the birth of
Bede, venerated to enthufiafm by the people. His fucceflbrs,
Finan and Colman, had to ftand ftrong contefts with the
abbot Wilfrid, and the reft of the Roman clergy, and were
finally compelled to return to Iona. But from the Hibernian
fchool went forth other mifiionaries, extending their field of
labour to the continent. Clement fpread the gofpel in Bavaria,
where, protefting againft the errors of Rome, he was denounced
and fent prifoner to the Pope. The Catholic clergy were
efpecially fcandalized at his being a married man. Fellow-
labourers of his were Sampfon and Virgilius. The latter
carried the gofpel into Carinthia, and became bifhop of Saltz-
burg, but not without encountering the hoftility of the papal
clergy whofe errors he oppofed. So far was Virgilius before
his age, that he anticipated Galileo, and declared that there were
antipodes,—a theory much difcufied even in the third century,