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 The First Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. repudiated Quartodecimanism (Easter on the 14th of Nissan).  It also gave jurisdiction over large regions to the bishops of Alexandria, Rome, and Antioch.
-==Columba and Easter==
-Ireland was outside of the Roman Empire, and Christianity developed independently in this region without Rome's influence.  The Irish, like the Jews, had a calendar that did not agree with the Roman calendar, and celebrated Passover on a different day of the year.
-The life story of Columba written in the 600's tells of prophecies concerning the date of Easter:
-:''But during this short time that the saint was a guest in the monastery of Clon, there were many other things also which he prophesied by the revelation of the Holy Ghost; as, for instance, about the discord which arose a long time after among the churches of Scotia (Ireland), on account of the difference with regard to the Easter Feast; '' <ref>[[The Life of Columba - Book I]], CHAPTER III. Prophecy of St. Columba regarding Ernene, son of Crasen.</ref>
 ==Easter Sacks The Influence Of The Irish Monks==