Columba of Sens

The holy Columba ( † about 272 in Sens ) is a saint, virgin and martyr of the Catholic Church. According to tradition, Columba was a Christian virgin of Sens or a prince's daughter from Zaragoza, who refused to marry the son of the Roman Emperor Aurelian and therefore 273 during the persecution of Christians suffered martyrdom under Aurelian. According to tradition, it was protected in jail by a bear before the rape. Later they tried to burn them in vain, so that she was finally beheaded.

Worship

The Abbey Sainte -Colombe in Sens was founded in 620 by the Merovingian king Clotaire II over the grave of the holy Columba of Sens.

The Memorial of Saint Columba is December 31. In iconography, she is depicted as crowned Virgin in chains, leading a bear or a dog on a chain. Other iconographic attributes are the Holy book or a peacock feather. It is sometimes shown accompanied by angels, beheaded with a dove at the stake or.

St.Kolumba was the largest parish in Cologne in the Middle Ages. Probably the Cologne bishop Cunibert has learned the devotion to Columba at the court of the Merovingian kings and introduced in the sequence in Cologne.

The Art Museum of the Cologne Archdiocese named Columba, as it is built over the ruins of the parish church St.Kolumba war.

In Portugal, a number of municipalities bear the name of Santa Comba.