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Adomnán or Adamnán of Iona ((:aðɒvˈnɔːn), (ラテン語:Adamnanus, Adomnanus); 624 – 704), also known as Eunan (), was an abbot of Iona Abbey ( 679–704), hagiographer, statesman, canon jurist, and saint. He was the author of the most important book on the life of St Columba and the promulgator of the Law of Adomnán or "Law of Innocents" ((ラテン語:lex innocentium)). ==Life== Adomnán was born about 624, a relative on his father's side of Columba.〔(Wetherill, Jeffrey. "Adomnán, Iona, and the Life of St. Columba: Their Place Among Continental Saints", ''The Heroic Age'', No. 6, Spring 2003 )〕 He was the son of Rónán mac Tinne by Ronat, a woman from the Northern Uí Néill lineage known as the ''Cenél nÉnda''. Adomnán's birthplace was Raphoe, a town in County Donegal in Ulster. Some of Adomnán's childhood anecdotes seem to confirm at least an upbringing in this area. It is thought that Adomnán may have begun his monastic career at a Columban monastery called Druim Tuamma, but any Columban foundation in northern Ireland or Dál Riata is a possibility, although Durrow is a stronger possibility than most. He probably joined the Columban ''familia'' (i.e. the federation of monasteries under the leadership of Iona Abbey) around the year 640. Some modern commentators believe that he could not have come to Iona until sometime after the year 669, the year of the accession of Fáilbe mac Pípáin, the first abbot of whom Adomnán gives any information. However, Richard Sharpe argues that he probably came to Iona during the abbacy of Ségéne (d. 652). Whenever or wherever Adomnán received his education, Adomnán attained a level of learning rare in Early Medieval Northern Europe. It has been suggested by Alfred Smyth that Adomnán spent some years teaching and studying at Durrow,〔(Smyth, Alfred. ''Warlords and Holy Men: Scotland AD 80-1000'', Edinburgh University Press, 1984, ISBN 9780748601004 )〕 and while this is not accepted by all scholars, it remains a strong possibility. Prior to becoming Abbot of Iona, Saint Adomnán had been abbot of Skreen Monastery in County Sligo. The site, originally known as ''Conc na Maoil'' "Hill of Seals", can still be seen to this day. In 679, Adomnán became the ninth abbot of Iona after Columba.〔(Grattan-Flood, William. "St. Adamnan." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 11 Mar. 2014 )〕 Abbot Adomnán enjoyed a friendship with King Aldfrith of Northumbria. In 684, Aldfrith had been staying with Adomnán in Iona. In 686, after the death of Aldfrith's brother King Ecgfrith of Northumbria and Aldfrith's succession to the kingship, Adomnán was in the Kingdom of Northumbria on the request of King Fínsnechta Fledach of Brega in order to gain the freedom of sixty Gaels who had been captured in a Northumbrian raid two years before.〔 Adomnán, in keeping with Ionan tradition, made several more trips to the lands of the English during his abbacy, including one the following year. It is sometimes thought, after the account given by Bede, that it was during his visits to Northumbria, under the influence of Abbot Ceolfrith, that Adomnán decided to adopt the Roman dating of Easter that had been agreed some years before at the Synod of Whitby. Bede implies that this led to a schism at Iona, whereby Adomnán became alienated from the Iona brethren and went to Ireland to convince the Irish of the Roman dating. Jeffrey Wetherill sees Adomnan's long absences from Iona as having led to something of an undermining of his authority; he was thus unable to persuade the monks to adopt the Roman dating of Easter, let alone the tonsure.〔 It is clear that Adomnán did adopt that Roman dating, and moreover, probably did argue the case for it in Ireland.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adomnán」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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