Jonas from Bobbio

Jonas von Bobbio (* around 600 in Susa (Piedmont) , † after 659) was a monk and hagiographer .

In 618 he joined the abbey of Bobbio , founded by Columbanus the Younger , where he soon became secretary to Abbots Atalla († 626) and Bertulf († 639), successor to the Irish founder, due to his literary skills, which were considerable for the time. In 628 he accompanied Abbot Bertulf to Rome. He commissioned Jonas von Bobbio to write a vita of St. Columbanus. This is received as Vita Columbani .

literature

Works: ed. Bruno Krusch, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores Rerum Germanicarum in Usum Scholarum, Vol. 37, Hanover / Leipzig 1905.
Christoph Dröge: Jonas von Bobbio. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 3, Bautz, Herzberg 1992, ISBN 3-88309-035-2 , Sp. 632-635. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

Web links

Literature by and about Jonas von Bobbio in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)

personal data
SURNAME	Jonas from Bobbio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Monk and hagiograph
DATE OF BIRTH	around 600
PLACE OF BIRTH	Susa (Piedmont)
DATE OF DEATH	after 659