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564 CE

Columba reports seeing the Loch Ness Monster at the River Ness (according to the "Life of St. Columba"). Cadoc, abbot of Llancarfan (Wales), settles in Weedon and is made bishop (approximate date). Samson of Dol, one of seven founder saints of Brittany, attends a council in Paris and witnesses several royal decrees (approximate date).

Exploration & Expansion

  • August 22 – Columba reports seeing the Loch Ness Monster at the River Ness (according to the "Life of St. Columba").source
  • Tulum, Maya walled city, on the Yucatán Peninsula (modern Mexico) is first mentioned on a stele inscription.source

Religion & Belief

  • Cadoc, abbot of Llancarfan (Wales), settles in Weedon and is made bishop (approximate date).source
  • Samson of Dol, one of seven founder saints of Brittany, attends a council in Paris and witnesses several royal decrees (approximate date).source

Births

  • Hermenegild, Visigoth prince (approximate date)source
  • Li Baiyao, Chinese official and historian (d. 647)source

Deaths

  • Tudwal, Breton monk and saint (approximate date)source
  • Laisrén mac Nad Froích, Irish monk and saintsource
  • Petroc, Celtic prince and saint (approximate date)source
  • Gao Bainian, crown prince of Northern Qi (b. 556)source