Columba

Meaning

1. A small winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a dove.
2. Any of three other Christian saints who bore the name Columba.
3. Saint Columba of Iona, one of the Gaelic missionary monks who reintroduced Christianity to Scotland during the Dark Ages.

Etymology / origin

From Latin columba (“dove, pigeon”). The dove symbolizes the Holy Spirit in Christianity.

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