St. Columba

Saint Columba (Irish:'church dove' 7 December 521 – 9 June 597) a contemporary of St. Columbanus, was an Irish abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity in present-day Scotland. He founded the important abbey on Iona, then part of Ireland, in order to convert the Picts of northern Scotland.  The abbey became a dominant religious and political institution in the region for centuries. Columba is credited with many miracles.