Columban of Ghent«Columbán / Colmán / Colombanus van Gent»

(959)
Abbot, Hermit
Place of birth:Ireland (Gaelic and Norse)1
Place of death:Kingdom of the West Franks (West Francia)2
Place(s) associated with:Ghent3
Feastday
2 February
1Éire (Gaelach agus Lochlannach) / Hibernia – Scotia (Gaesum et Normannus) / Ἰουερνία – Ιρλανδία (Γαελικά και Σκανδιναβική) [795–1169]
2Regnum Francorum occidentalium (Francia occidentalis) [843–987]
3Gent / Gand / Ganda

Saints

This is by no means an exhaustive collection of saints. Many newly canonised saints may be missing and many local saints for which I could only find scant information on have been left out. But this is a substantial collection nonetheless.

The names of the saints are listed as they would have appeared in the time the saint lived (to the best I can determine). Click on the saint’s name in the list to see more information about that saint. If you wish to see saints for a different date, select that date below. Or you can select a saint by their name or by places they are associated with.

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Sources

Information has been gathered predominantly from the following books:
D’Arcy, Mary Ryan. The Saints of Ireland. St. Paul, MN: Irish American Cultural Institute. 1974.
Kelly, Sean and Rogers, Rosemary. The Saint-a-Day Guide. New York: Random House Trade Paperback. 2001.
Ó Riain, Pádraig. A Dictionary of Irish Saints. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2011.
Thurston S.J., Herbert J. and Attwater Donald, eds. Butler’s Lives of the Saints. Westminster, MD: Christian Classics. 1990
and the following websites:
and various vetted articles in: Wikipedia