Cumianus (
c. 641 –
c. 736) was an
Irish monk who became abbot of
San Colombano di Bobbio around 715. He left Ireland as an old man. The intricately carved lid of his sarcophagus, containing a lengthy epitaph, was made by one Master John and commissioned by King
Liutprand, King of the Lombards.[1]
The inscription on the tomb reads as follows; it is written in
rhythmic hexameters, a kind of hexameter in which word accent is taken into account rather than syllable length:[2]
Cumianus (
c. 641 –
c. 736) was an
Irish monk who became abbot of
San Colombano di Bobbio around 715. He left Ireland as an old man. The intricately carved lid of his sarcophagus, containing a lengthy epitaph, was made by one Master John and commissioned by King
Liutprand, King of the Lombards.[1]
The inscription on the tomb reads as follows; it is written in
rhythmic hexameters, a kind of hexameter in which word accent is taken into account rather than syllable length:[2]