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Saint Columba of Sens In 257, during the Roman occupation of the Iberian Peninsula, Columba was born. She grew up on the south slope of the Pyrenees, probably near what is now Andorra. Her ancestors had been Pagans for 30,000 years and believed in the lessons of nature. They relied on animals, not only for food, but to show them how to survive their harsh climate. The bear was the greatest teacher of all. Columba would have been the first generation of her family to hear the story of Christ from the missionaries who were spreading out from the Mediterranean Sea and across Europe. She and a small group of believers fled north through the mountains to escape the persecution of The Emperor Aurelian. Columba was tracked down and imprisoned. While in jail, she mysteriously escaped. In the night, a bear came down from the mountain, broke into the jail and attacked the guards. She escaped with the bear. Together they traveled north to Sens. In 273, she was recaptured near Meaux and beheaded.
She was just 16 years old. |
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