The Hermitage Of San Colombano, Italy

The hermitage was built almost seven hundred years ago, in 1319. It is named after the Irish Saint: Colombano in Italian and Colomban in English. It is said that he travelled extensively in the area in the late 6th and early 7th century and founded the nearby monastery of Bobbio.
The saint arrived in Italy after chastising a king, Theuderic , for adultery. Colombano met with a warm welcome by the King of the Lombards who allocated to him a plot of land in Bobbio where he founded the new monastery and he came to the end of his days on 21 November 615.