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Adomnán of Iona
Saint Adomnán of Iona (627/8-704) was abbot of Iona (679-704), hagiographer, statesman and clerical lawyer; he was the author of the most important Vita of Saint Columba and promulgator of the "Law of Innocents". A popular anglicised form of his name is Saint Eunan from the Gaelic Naomh Adhamhnán.
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