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The main source of information about Columba's life is the ''Vita Columbae'' by Adomnán, who was a successor of Columba's at the monestary in Iona. Both the ''Vita Columbae'' and Bede record Columba's visit to Bridei I of the Picts, King of Fortriu. Whereas Adomnán just tells us that Columba visited Bridei, Bede relates a later, perhaps Pictish tradition, whereby the saint actually converts the Pictish king. Another early source is a poem in praise of Columba, most probably also composed in the course of the 7th century. It consists of 25 stanzas of four verses of seven syllables each. | The main source of information about Columba's life is the ''Vita Columbae'' by Adomnán, who was a successor of Columba's at the monestary in Iona. Both the ''Vita Columbae'' and Bede record Columba's visit to Bridei I of the Picts, King of Fortriu. Whereas Adomnán just tells us that Columba visited Bridei, Bede relates a later, perhaps Pictish tradition, whereby the saint actually converts the Pictish king. Another early source is a poem in praise of Columba, most probably also composed in the course of the 7th century. It consists of 25 stanzas of four verses of seven syllables each. | ||