Life of St. Columban, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Life of St. Columban, Vol. 2 Jonas, the author of this life, became a monk at Bobbio, in northern Italy, three years after Columban's death. He was soon employed to write this life, for which he obtained material, as he himself tells us, from the stories told by the saint's com panions. Living as he did, among the latter, his account re¿ects their feelings faithfully, and we may be certain that he has recorded the events accurately, and has often reproduced the saint's own words. As is usual in such biographies, the miracles are numerous. For the contemporaries these formed the most valuable portions. For us, too, the', ire full of instruction, and throw much light on the daily life of the monks. The language of Jonas is almost classical. But, unfortunately, he had little of the classical feeling for purity of style, and his writings are bombastic in the extreme. It is difficult to put his Latin into English. In some cases, I have been unable to determine the exact connection of some clauses with the context - if they have any. In such sentences I have translated literally, hoping that others might see a connection which I missed. In general, where I suspected any mistake, I have followed the Latin closely. A new and careful collation and transcription of the manuscripts would undoubtedly remove many of the difficulties. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.