Synod of Whitby
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The Synod of Whitby was a Christian administrative gathering held in Northumbria in 664, wherein King Oswiu ruled that his kingdom would calculate Easter and observe the monastic tonsure according to
A manuscript of Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum.
Ruins of Whitby Abbey, rebuilt in the thirteenth century
Iona
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Iona is an island in the Inner Hebrides, off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of Scotland. It is mainly known for Iona Abbey, though there are other buildings on the island. Iona Abbey was a cent
Synod of Whitby
…kingdom would calculate Easter and observe the monastic tonsure according to the customs of Rome rather than the customs practised by Irish monks at Iona and its satellite institutions. The synod was summoned at Hilda's double monastery of Streonshalh (Streanæshalch), later called Whitby Abbey, in modern…
Iona
Beach on the west side of Iona at Camas Cuil an t Saimh geograph.org.uk 4785238
Iona Marble Quarry geograph.org.uk 380937
Iona Abbey