The Life of Saint Columba (Latin: Vita Columbae) is the primary historical account of Saint Columba (also known as Colmcille), the 6th-century Irish abbot who founded the monastery on Iona and is credited with spreading Christianity to Scotland. Written approximately a century after his death by Adomnán, the ninth abbot of Iona, the work is a classic of medieval hagiography that blends historical fact with spiritual legend.