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