Truth Triumphant - Benjamin G. Wilkinson

warriors also gained the political overlordship of it.
In the providence of God, Columba appeared at
this moment to mold these significant revolutions.
Iona, the burial ground of kings and nobles, a
sacred seat of the heathen Druidic learning and
religion, became the center of the Culdee Church
and the college of Columba. Here this great apostle
developed a new chapter of Bible Christianity
among a warlike and cultured pagan people.
The Education of Columba
At his birth Columba, it is said, was given two
names--Crimthann, “wolf,” and Colum, “dove.”[8]
However, in his later days of supreme devotion to
Christ and to Bible truth, he was usually known by
the second, Colum. In his early youth, the fame of
Ireland’s colleges, the outgrowth of Patrick’s early
organization and labors, was known far and wide.
Columba, it is usually related, was first taught by
Finnian of Moville. After this he removed to
Leinster where he placed himself under the
instruction of the bard, Gemman.[9]
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