Attala of Bobbio

Attitudes of Bobbio (* end of the 6th century in Burgundy, 627 in Bobbio) was a French monk and missionary. He was a follower of Columban and as his successor from 615 second abbot of the monastery Bobbio in Italy. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church.

The Attala from a Burgundian noble family was educated at the Bishop of Lyon and first monk in the Abbey of Lérins, but was dissatisfied with the loose discipline there, and then entered the monastery of Luxeuil, founded by Frances-Comté on. When Columban was expelled by King Theuderich II of Luxeuil, Attala would have followed him as an abbot, but would rather go into exile with him. They settled on the banks of the River Trebbia and founded the Abbey of Bobbio, a little northwest of Genoa.

After Columban's death in 615, Attala succeeded him as abbot of this monastery and had to suffer with his monks much discomfort through the Aronald king Arioald, who was attached to the Aryan faith. Nevertheless, he sought to develop a lively missionary activity among the Lombards. As an abbot, Attala insisted on a strict discipline, and when many monks rebelled against the rigorous discipline, he let them go. Some of these monks, according to Atta's biographer Jonas, were miserably transformed, which the others regarded as God's punishment, so that they returned to the abbey. Attala also introduced again the binding of the books of the monastery library.

After his death in 627, Attala was buried in Bobbio. His holiday is March 10th. Edit source text Weblinks Edit sourcetext

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