Iona Abbey

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Christian monastery medieval monastery religious building tourist attraction

Iona Abbey is a historic medieval monastery on the Scottish island of Iona, renowned as one of the oldest and most important centers of Christianity in Western Europe.

Aliases (1)

Iona Abbey church ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian monastery → medieval monastery → religious building → tourist attraction →
affiliation	Iona Community →
architecturalStyle	Gothic architecture → Romanesque architecture →
associatedWith	Book of Kells (traditionally linked to Iona) →
country	Scotland →
denomination	Celtic Christianity → Church of Scotland → Roman Catholic Church →
era	Middle Ages →
foundedBy	Saint Columba →
foundingDate	563 →
function	monastic community → pilgrimage site → place of worship →
hasPart	Iona Abbey church → Reilig Odhráin burial ground → St Oran’s Chapel → chapter house → cloister garth → refectory →
heritageDesignation	Category A listed building → Scheduled monument →
island	Iona →
locatedIn	Inner Hebrides → Iona → Scotland → United Kingdom →
managedBy	Historic Environment Scotland →
near	Sound of Iona →
notableFor	association with Saint Columba → burial place of early Scottish and Norse kings → early center of Christianity in Western Europe → medieval monastic scholarship → missionary activity to Scotland and northern England →
ownedBy	National Trust for Scotland →
partOf	Iona monastic settlement →
reconstructionBy	Somerset of Argyll →
reconstructionDate	12th century →
religion	Christianity →
status	active religious site →
tourism	major visitor attraction in the Hebrides →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Lulach of Scotland →	burialPlace
Saint Columba →	founded
Iona →	hasLandmark
Iona Abbey ("Iona Abbey church") →	hasPart
Iona →	knownFor
Historic Environment Scotland →	manages
Lord of the Isles →	religiousPatronage