Daily Archives: May 10, 2014

St Comgall’s Day

Today, accompanied by my colleague in Pretani Associates, Helen Brooker, I attended the Annual St Comgall’s Lecture of the Friends of Bangor Abbey by Professor Jean-Michel Picard, U.C.D., talking on ‘Columbanus and the Antiphonary of Bangor’ with special reference to the hymn  ‘ … Continue reading

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Bangor Light of the World, 16: The Community of Luxeuil

   Now, as the number of monks in the monastery at Annegray increased daily, it became necessary for the community to seek a more suitable site. King Gunthram had died in 593 AD and young Childebert II now ruled over … Continue reading

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