, or Adamnanus, abbot of the monastery of Hey, or Icolmkil, was born in 624, but whether
, or Adamnanus, abbot of the monastery of Hey, or Icolmkil, was born in 624, but whether
in Scotland or Ireland is uncertain. He appears to have
been a man of considerable learning, and, according to
Bede, of a peaceable disposition; yet he enforced the discipline of the church with much severity, and partook of
the credulity of the times. He died Oct. 23, 704, in the
eightieth year of his age. Having hospitably entertained
a French bishop, the latter, who had been in Palestine,
communicated such particulars to him, as enabled him to
write a description of that country, “De locis Terras
Sanctse, lib. tres.
” This was first published by Serrarius,
at Ingoldstadt, 1619, and afterwards by Mabillon, “Saec.
Benedict.
” He wrote also a life of St. Columba, published by Canisius and Surius.