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E06058: Adomnán, in his Life of *Columba (abbot of Iona, ob. 597, S02167), reports how *Mochta (disciple of Patrick in Ireland, ob. 535, S02204) had prophesied Columba's birth. Written in Latin at Iona, 696/704.
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posted on 2018-07-30, 00:00 authored by bsavillAdomnán, Life of Columba (BHL 1886)
For an overview of this work, see E06056.
In nomine Iesu Christi secunda praefatio
... sed etiam praemisis multorum cyclis annorum ante suae natiuitatis diem cuidam Christi militi spiritu reuelante sancto quasi filius repromisionis mirabili profetatione nominatus est. Nam quidam proselytus brito homo sanctus sancti Patricii episcopi discipulus Maucteus nomine ita de nostro profetizauit patrono sicuti nobis ab antiquis traditum expertis conpertum habetur.
'In nouissimis' ait 'saeculi temporibus filius nasciturus est cuius nomen Columba per omnes insularum ociani prouincias deuulgabitur notum, nouissimaque orbis tempora clare inlustrabit. Mei et isius duorum monasteriolorum agelluli unius sepisculae interuallo disterminabitur. Homo ualde deo carus et grandis coram ipso meriti ...
'In Jesus Christ's name the second preface
'... Earlier still, many years before the time of his birth, by revelation of the Holy Spirit to a soldier of Christ, he was marked out as a son of promise in a marvellous prophecy. A certain pilgrim from Britain, named Mochta, a holy disciple of the holy bishop Patrick, made this prophecy about our patron, which has been passed down by those who learnt of it and held to be genuine:
"In the last days of the world, a son will be born whose name Columba will become famous through all the provinces of the ocean's islands, and he will be a bright light in the last days of the world. The fields of our two monasteries, mine and his, will be separated by only a little hedge. A man very dear to God and of great merit in his sight." ...'
Text: Anderson and Anderson 1991, 4. Translation: Sharpe 1995, 104-5.
For an overview of this work, see E06056.
In nomine Iesu Christi secunda praefatio
... sed etiam praemisis multorum cyclis annorum ante suae natiuitatis diem cuidam Christi militi spiritu reuelante sancto quasi filius repromisionis mirabili profetatione nominatus est. Nam quidam proselytus brito homo sanctus sancti Patricii episcopi discipulus Maucteus nomine ita de nostro profetizauit patrono sicuti nobis ab antiquis traditum expertis conpertum habetur.
'In nouissimis' ait 'saeculi temporibus filius nasciturus est cuius nomen Columba per omnes insularum ociani prouincias deuulgabitur notum, nouissimaque orbis tempora clare inlustrabit. Mei et isius duorum monasteriolorum agelluli unius sepisculae interuallo disterminabitur. Homo ualde deo carus et grandis coram ipso meriti ...
'In Jesus Christ's name the second preface
'... Earlier still, many years before the time of his birth, by revelation of the Holy Spirit to a soldier of Christ, he was marked out as a son of promise in a marvellous prophecy. A certain pilgrim from Britain, named Mochta, a holy disciple of the holy bishop Patrick, made this prophecy about our patron, which has been passed down by those who learnt of it and held to be genuine:
"In the last days of the world, a son will be born whose name Columba will become famous through all the provinces of the ocean's islands, and he will be a bright light in the last days of the world. The fields of our two monasteries, mine and his, will be separated by only a little hedge. A man very dear to God and of great merit in his sight." ...'
Text: Anderson and Anderson 1991, 4. Translation: Sharpe 1995, 104-5.
History
Evidence ID
E06058Saint Name
Columba, abbot of Iona (north-west Britain), ob. 597 : S02167 Mochta, disciple of Patrick in Ireland, ob. 535 : S02204 Patrick, missionary and bishop, patron saint of Ireland, ob. 461 : S01962Saint Name in Source
Columba Maucteus PatriciusRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Other saint-related texts Literary - Hagiographical - Collections of miraclesLanguage
- Latin
