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'''The Life of Columba - Book III''' is the third part of the life story of saint [[Columba]] entitled '''Of the Visions of Angels''' and was written by Adomnán ([[627]]/[[628|8]]-[[704]]), the Ninth Abbott of Iona ([[679]]-[[704]]).  
'''The Life of Columba - Book III''' is the third part of the life story of saint [[Columba]] entitled '''Of the Visions of Angels''' and was written by Adomnán (627/628-704), the Ninth Abbott of Iona (679-704).  


'''BOOK III. HERE BEGINNETH THE THIRD BOOK. OF THE VISIONS OF ANGELS. '''
'''BOOK III. HERE BEGINNETH THE THIRD BOOK. OF THE VISIONS OF ANGELS. '''
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Whoever readeth these books on the virtues of St. Columba, let him pray to the Lord for me, Dorbbene, that after death I may possess eternal life.
Whoever readeth these books on the virtues of St. Columba, let him pray to the Lord for me, Dorbbene, that after death I may possess eternal life.
==Source==
<small> Source: Life of Saint Columba, Founder of Hy. Written by Adomnán, ed. William Reeves, ( Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1874)  This text was taken from the [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/columba-e.html Internet Medieval Source Book]. The Sourcebook is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted texts related to medieval and Byzantine history.
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