Colomba, Saint (2)

Colomba, Saint (1)

a Christian virgin, called the first martyr of Celtic Gaul, suffered at Sens under Marcus Aurelius, according to one authority, but according to other and more probable accounts, under the emperor Aurelian, about 273. In the 7th century she was an object of great veneration at Paris, and Dagobert caused a magnificent shrine to be placed in the Benedictine church at Sens, in honor of her. This was destroyed when the church was pillaged by the. Calvinists. She is commemorated as St. Columba on December 31. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.

Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Colomba, Saint (2)

a Spanish martyr, was born at Cordova. While very young she was placed under the care of her sister. Elizabeth, in the monastery of Tabenne. Being driven from this place, together with the other nuns, by the Moors, she took refuge at Cordova, and, when arraigned, boldly declared herself a Christian, and was beheaded October 17, 853. Her body, which was thrown into the Guadalquivir, was recovered by the Christians and interred in the Church of St. Eulalia at Cordova. An order of St. Columba was founded in 1379 by John I, but it did not survive its founder. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.

Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature