Attala or Atala (died 622) was a disciple of Columbanus and his successor as abbot of Bobbio from 615.
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10-425: The monastery. According to Attala's biographer, Jonas , when some of these monks perished miserably, the others considered their deaths a punishment from God and returned to the monastery. Attala also restored the binding of the books in the monastic library. A surviving palimpsest copy of the works of Ulfilas bears the inscription "a book from the cupboard of lord Atala" ( l[iber] de arca domno atalani ). Attala
15-487: The river Trebbia , a little northeast of Genoa , where they together founded Bobbio. After the Columbanus' death in 615, Attala succeeded him as abbot. He and his monks suffered many hardships at the hands of King Arioald , who was an Arian and not a Catholic. As abbot, Attala insisted on strict discipline and when a large number of his monks rebelled, declaring his discipline too rigorous, he permitted them to leave
20-450: The title Attala . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Attala&oldid=1018852682 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Saint Attala Attala
25-399: Was originally from Burgundy , and first became a monk at the abbey of Lérins . Displeased with the loose discipline prevailing there, he instead entered the abbey of Luxeuil , which had just been founded by Columbanus. When the latter was expelled from Luxeuil by King Theuderic II , Attala would have succeeded him as abbot, but preferred to follow him into exile. They settled on the banks of
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