Columba (given name)

Columba is a unisex given name meaning dove[1] which may refer to:

## Religious figures

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* Columba (521–597), Irish prince who evangelised the Picts, and one of Scotland's patron saints
* Columba of Rieti (1467–1501), Dominican beatified mystic
* Columba of Sens (c. 257 – 273), saint and martyr
* Columba of Spain (died c. 853), nun, saint and martyr
* Columba of Terryglass (died 553), saint and one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland
* Columba the Virgin, Christian saint who probably lived in the 6th century
* Columba Cary-Elwes (1903–1994), English priest, missionary and author
* Columba de Dunbar (c. 1386 – 1435), Bishop of Moray
* Columba Marmion (1858–1923), beatified Irish monk and third abbot of Maredsous Abbey
* Columba Murphy (fl. 1835), Irish Roman Catholic priest
* Columba Ryan (1916–2009), Dominican priest and philosophy teacher
* Columba Stewart (born 1957), American Benedictine monk and scholar

## Other

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* Columba Blango (politician) (born 1956), former decathlete and Mayor of Southwark
* Columba Blango (paralympian) (born 1992), British parasports runner
* Columba Bush (born 1953), wife of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and sister-in-law of President George W. Bush
* Columba Domínguez (born 1929), Mexican retired actress
* Columba McDyer (1921–2001), Gaelic football player
* Columba McVeigh (1958–1975), Northern Irish teenager murdered by the IRA

## References

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1. ^ https://www.behindthename.com/name/columba

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*[c.]: circa
*[fl.]: floruit ('flourished' – known to have been active at a particular time or during a particular period)