St Columban

Called upon by Gontran

And is my ancestor

Preached

Poverty

Chastity

Obedience of monastery rules

Silence

Frugality in food

Reciting psalms

Moderation

Mortification

Perfection

pereginatio Dei

He cannot sleep in the same hostel as a virgin

He cannot converse regularly with a virgin

He cannot travel with a virgin

Punishment is severe

So was his exclusion from France

So he traversed Come, Milan

And set up in Bobbio

Till the end of his days