Columba Marmion O.S.B, bernama lahir Joseph Aloysius Marmion (1 April 1858–30 Januari 1923) adalah seorang biarawan Benediktin Irlandia dan Abbas ketiga Keabbasan Maredsous di Belgia. Dibeatifikasikan oleh Paus Yohanes Paulus II pada 3 September 2000, Columba merupakan salah satu pengarang Katolik paling populer[1] dan berpengaruh[2] pada abad ke-20. Buku-bukunya dianggap menjadi karya spiritual klasik.[3]
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↑Toups, pp. 159-160, notes 2 & 3 (noting that Marmion's works have been translated into at least 11 languages, and that some 1.5 million copies of his books were in distribution as of 1951).
↑Toups, p. 160, note 4 (discussing the "direct influence" of Marmion on several Popes of the 20th century and on the Fathers of the Vatican II). See also Philipon, p. 11: "His work initiated a profound spiritual revival the influence of which has permeated the whole Catholic world"; and Capelle, p. 20: "It is certain that his teaching, so necessary and so powerful, has left a permanent mark on the Christianity of our times".
More About Dom Marmion: A Study of His Writings Together with a Chapter from an Unpublished Work and a Biographical Sketch, translated by The Earl of Wicklow from articles in the February 1948 issue of La Vie Spirituelle. St. Louis, Mo.: B. Herder Book Co. 1949.
O'Herlihy, T. (1948). "Abbot Marmion as Spiritual Director". Dalam Monks of Glenstal (ed.). Abbot Marmion: An Irish Tribute. Westminster: The Newman Press. hlm.106–114.
Toups, David L. (2006). "The Sacerdotal Character as the Foundation of the Priestly Life: The Contribution of Blessed Columba Marmion". Josephinum. 13 (2): 159–196.
Buku lain
Ph. Nyssens-Braun, Dom Columba Marmion intime. Editions Ramgal, Thuillies, and Maison Casterman. 1939.
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