Isle of Iona

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The Isle of Iona is a small Scottish island in the Inner Hebrides renowned as an early center of Celtic Christianity and a historic site of monasteries, crosses, and royal burials.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
island ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Christianization of Scotland ⓘ
Christianization of northern England ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Adomnán of Iona ⓘ
Aidan of Lindisfarne ⓘ
Saint Columba ⓘ
burialPlaceOf Irish kings ⓘ
Norse kings ⓘ
linked to: Viking kings

Scottish kings ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
foundedMonasteryBy Saint Columba ⓘ
governedBy Argyll and Bute Council ⓘ
hasCemetery Reilig Odhrain ⓘ
linked to: Reilig Odhráin
hasFerryConnectionTo Fionnphort ⓘ
Isle of Mull ⓘ
hasReligiousCommunity Iona Community ⓘ
hasReligiousSite Iona Abbey ⓘ
Iona Nunnery ⓘ
linked to: Iona Nunnery ruins

St Oran's Chapel ⓘ
linked to: St Oran’s Chapel
hasSettlement Baile Mòr ⓘ
Iona village ⓘ
hasStructure Iona Abbey cloister ⓘ
linked to: Iona Abbey

St John's Cross ⓘ
St Martin's Cross ⓘ
linked to: St Martin’s Cross
knownFor Christian pilgrimage ⓘ
Iona Abbey ⓘ
early center of Celtic Christianity ⓘ
high crosses ⓘ
historic monasteries ⓘ
royal burials ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
locatedIn Argyll and Bute ⓘ
Hebrides ⓘ
linked to: Inner Hebrides

Inner Hebrides ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedNear Isle of Mull ⓘ
monasteryFoundedIn 563 ⓘ
partOf Argyll and Bute council area ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
primaryEconomicActivity crofting ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
protectedStatus conservation area ⓘ
religiousTradition Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
touristAttraction Iona Abbey ⓘ
medieval crosses ⓘ
white sand beaches ⓘ

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St Martin’s Cross → locatedIn → Isle of Iona ⓘ
Donald I of Scotland → burialPlace → Isle of Iona ⓘ
Columba → deathPlace → Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Isle of Iona
Columba → commemoratedBy → Columba’s Bay on Iona ⓘ
linked to: Isle of Iona
MacLeod Centre → locatedIn → Isle of Iona ⓘ
St John’s Cross (original) → locatedOn → island of Iona ⓘ
linked to: Isle of Iona
Iona, Nova Scotia → hasNameOrigin → Isle of Iona in Scotland ⓘ
subject linked to: Iona
linked to: Isle of Iona