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... influence were Columba ( 521-97 ) the founder of Iona and the apostle of western Scotland , and Columbanus ( 540-615 ) ... influenced by him the will of the abbot , expressed differently by different personalities , was the mainspring of ...
... influence were Columba ( 521-97 ) the founder of Iona and the apostle of western Scotland , and Columbanus ( 540-615 ) ... influenced by him the will of the abbot , expressed differently by different personalities , was the mainspring of ...
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... influence the west in an age of reform . In part , the reaction may have been due to the decadence of traditional monastic life in Italy ; in part , the influence of the east and of Greek monachism may have been spread by exiles from ...
... influence the west in an age of reform . In part , the reaction may have been due to the decadence of traditional monastic life in Italy ; in part , the influence of the east and of Greek monachism may have been spread by exiles from ...
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... influence . The facade , as with many large Italian churches , remains unfinished . emphasis on systematic private meditation and prayer , and from the humanists in Italy the practice of scholarship as an employment for monks . Barbo ...
... influence . The facade , as with many large Italian churches , remains unfinished . emphasis on systematic private meditation and prayer , and from the humanists in Italy the practice of scholarship as an employment for monks . Barbo ...
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