Iona Abbey
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Iona Abbey is an abbey located on the island of Iona, off the larger Isle of Mull on the west coast of Scotland.
Iona Abbey
Iona Abbey
Book of Kells: This page (folio 292r) contains the lavishly decorated text that opens the Gospel of John.
View of the Abbey remains in the late 19th century, showing the church and claustral buildings as roofless ruins
Columba
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Columba or Colmcille was an Irish abbot and missionary credited with spreading Christianity at the start of the Hiberno-Scottish mission in what became Scotland. He founded the important abbey on Iona
Iona Abbey
…in Western Europe, and was a focal point for the spread of Christianity throughout Scotland. It was founded, along with its monastic community, by Saint Columba and his twelve companions in 563, when Iona was part of the Kingdom of Dál Riata. Saint Aidan served as a monk there in the 7th century before helping…
Saint Columba, Apostle to the Picts
Ruins of Colmcille's Chapel at Gartan Lough
Stained-glass window of Colmcille founding Derry
Nineteenth century illustration of Columba's meeting with King Bridei, by William Hole