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Adomnán
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624–704 · hagiographer, statesman, clerical lawyer

Also known as: Adomnan von Iona, Adamnan, Adomnan von Hy, St. Adamnan, Адамнан, 아돔나누스 히엔시스

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Known works

  • Adomnán's life of Columba (1991)
  • Vita S. Columbae (1894)
  • Adomnán at Birr, AD 697
  • Eine s pilgers Reise nach dem Heiligen Lande (um 670) (1917)
  • Adomnán's 'Law of the innocents' (1997)