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Movilla's most famous student was St. Columba, a pupil of Finnian's. Columba became a deacon while at Movilla and is said to have performed his first miracles there, turning water into wine for the Eucharist. After completing his training, Columba eventually went on his own way, but returned to Movilla to visit his old teacher in the 550's.
Finnian founded his new monastery (Movilla Abbey) in 540, at Maigh Bhile (Movilla)—the plain of the ancient tree, a sacred place, venerated in pagan times, [3] about a mile from the northern shore of Strangford Lough (the 15th Century ruins of Movilla Abbey can still be seen in Newtownards). He founded a famous school of Druim Fionn at about ...
Comgall's father was Setna, a Pictish warrior; his mother's name was Briga. [ 2 ] After serving as a soldier in his early life, he was educated under Fintan of Clonenagh and also studied under Finnian of Movilla , Mobhí Clárainech at Glasnevin, and Ciarán of Clonmacnoise .
Assassin's Creed Valhalla is an action role-playing video game structured around several main story arcs and numerous optional side-missions, called "World Events". The player takes on the role of Eivor Varinsdottir (/ ˈ eɪ v ɔːr /), [7] a Viking raider, as they lead their fellow Vikings against the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
According to O'Donnell, sometime around 560, the Irish abbot and missionary Saint Columba became involved in a quarrel with Saint Finnian of Movilla Abbey over a psalter (traditionally said to be the Cathach of St. Columba [3]). Columba copied the manuscript at the scriptorium under Saint Finnian, intending to keep the copy.
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"Freya" (1882) by Carl Emil Doepler. In Norse mythology, Fólkvangr (Old Norse "field of the host" [1] or "people-field" or "army-field" [2]) is a meadow or field ruled over by the goddess Freyja where half of those that die in combat go upon death, whilst the other half go to the god Odin in Valhalla.
Saoirse Ronan teams up with director Steve McQueen for a buzzy new drama.. Blitz stars the actress, 30, as Rita, a mother living in London amid the chaos of World War II. Her “epic journey ...