Iona Abbey is an abbey located on the island of Iona, just off the Isle of Mull on the West Coast of Scotland. It is one of the oldest Christian religious...

coast of Scotland. It is mainly known for Iona Abbey, though there are other buildings on the island. Iona Abbey was a centre of Gaelic monasticism for three...

men to Iona to rebuild the ruined medieval Iona Abbey together. The community which grew out of this was initially under the supervision of an Iona Community...

The martyrs of Iona were a group of 68 Celtic Christian monks who lived at Iona Abbey (on the island of Iona, Scotland) and were massacred there in the...

assembly of the hull. At the ceremony, a bronze coin from Iona Abbey and a piece of green marble from Iona was laid under a keel block that measured 21.5 metres...

known as Eunan (/ˈjuːnən/ YOO-nən; from Naomh Adhamhnán), was an abbot of Iona Abbey (r. 679–704), hagiographer, statesman, canon jurist, and saint. He was...

Riata or Western Scotland and founded Iona Abbey in 563. In the late 9th century many of the Columban relics of Iona during the Viking raids went to Dunkeld...

a ruthless pillager of churches, but ended his days in retirement at Iona Abbey. Born when the Uí Ímair ruled over large areas of the British Isles, by...

layout of the abbey and that of the original church of the cathedral priory at Downpatrick suggests that the Benedictine foundation on Iona was related...

Campbeltown Cross Iona Abbey Crosses Inchbraoch Cross Kildalton Cross Massacre of Glencoe Monument Meigle 1 Cross St. Martin's Cross at Iona Abbey St Gordian's...

The Abbot of Iona was the head of Iona Abbey during the Middle Ages and the leader of the monastic community of Iona, as well as the overlord of scores...

the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission. He founded the important abbey on Iona, which became a dominant religious and political institution in the...

March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015. Westminster Abbey Website (accessed 30 April 2015) Westminster Abbey Website (accessed 30 April 2015) An account arose...

Columba, the founder of Iona Abbey, written a century after Columba's death by Adomnán, one of his successors as Abbot of Iona. Adomnán (also known as...

000 people, Smith was buried in a private family service on the island of Iona, at the sacred burial ground of Reilig Odhráin, where many early Scottish...

Kenneth relocated relics, including the Stone of Scone from an abandoned abbey on Iona, to his new domain. Kenneth I is traditionally considered the founder...

Donald was first buried at Dunfermline Abbey or Dunkeld Cathedral but agree that his remains were later moved to Iona. Donald left one known child, a daughter...

the Gaelic nobility of Ireland in modern County Donegal, who founded Iona Abbey and successfully evangelized both the Picts and Gaels of modern Scotland...

Iona, the building taking from 807 until the consecration of the church in 814. The site was a former Irish hill fort. In 814, Cellach, Abbot of Iona...

Lumphanan in 1057 by forces loyal to the future Malcolm III. He was buried on Iona, the traditional resting place of Scottish kings. Macbeth was initially succeeded...

thought to have been buried at Elgin before later relocation to the island of Iona. The 14th century chronicler John of Fordun would write that Duncan's wife...

Chronicle, or at Dunnottar following The Prophecy of Berchán. He was buried on Iona. Some versions of the Chronicle, and the Chronicle of Melrose, are read as...

liberty'. What they had in mind was the mission established by Columba at Iona and the subsequent spread of Christianity through the Culdees of the seventh...

Hiberno-Saxon illustrated manuscripts). The Abbey of Kells in Kells, County Meath, had been founded, or refounded, from Iona Abbey, construction taking from 807 until...

the chapel was restored during the same time as Iona Abbey. The chapel is protected as a part of the Iona monastic settlement scheduled monument. The burial...

life, save that he was a monk at the ancient monastery on the island of Iona from a relatively young age and that he was of Irish descent. According to...

Leonards Nunnery located at Perth being the other. In the Abbey museum of the nearby Iona Abbey, the top half of a headstone of Anna MacLean, a prioress...

at Lindisfarne was sacked. Iona Abbey was also repeatedly attacked by Vikings: In 802, the Annals of Ulster note that "Iona was burned by the heathens"...

is called king of Alba, rather than king of the Picts. He was buried on Iona. Like his father, Constantine, he died a violent death at a premature age...

Died (1034-11-25)25 November 1034 (aged 79/80) Glamis Castle, Scotland Burial Iona Issue Bethóc Donada Olith House Alpin Father Kenneth II of Scotland...