His name is still preserved in the town of St.
Columbano.

His memory has been ever venerated in France and Italy.
While the saint was evangelizing in Switzerland, one of his disciples became seriously ill, and was unable to travel farther.

It was a providential sickness for the Helvetians.

The monk was an eloquent preacher, and well acquainted with their language, which was a dialect of that of the Franks.

He evangelized the country, and the town of St.
Gall still bears the name of the holy Irishman, while his abbey contains many precious relics of the literature and piety of his native land.