In the summer of 564, Irish abbot Saint Columba saw a beast about to attack a man swimming along the Loch Ness shore and commanded it to“go back with all speed.” Matt84 2.

On August 22, AD 565, 1,451 years ago, St. Columba had a story for the ages. For upon this fateful day, he made short shrift of the legendary Loch Ness Monster.

RELIGIOUS EVENTS IN HISTORY On Aug. 22, 565, St. Columba, a Celtic missionary and abbot, became the first recorded observer of the famous Loch Ness Monster. According to his biographer, Adomnan in … ...

Exhibition of artefacts celebrates St. Columba's 1,500th birthday A new exhibition at the National Museum of Ireland has opened celebrating the life of the Irish patron saint on the 1,500th ...

A statue of Londonderry's patron saint, Columba, has been unveiled in the city park that bears his name, St Columb's. The statue of the saint, also known as Colmcille, stretches nine feet to the ...