Columba
Meanings
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- Saint Columba of Iona, one of the Gaelic missionary monks who reintroduced Christianity to Scotland during the Dark Ages.
- Any of three other Christian saints who bore the name Columba.
- A small winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dove.
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Etymology
From Latin columba (“dove, pigeon”). The dove symbolizes the Holy Spirit in Christianity.
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