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.

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Label Occurrences
Iona Abbey canonical 23
Iona Abbey church 3
Iona Abbey complex 2

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 Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
era Middle Ages ⓘ
foundedBy Saint Columba ⓘ
foundingDate 563 ⓘ
function monastic community ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ
hasPart Iona Abbey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Iona monastic settlement
reconstructionBy Somerset of Argyll ⓘ
reconstructionDate 12th century ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
status active religious site ⓘ
tourism major visitor attraction in the Hebrides ⓘ

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Historic Environment Scotland → manages → Iona Abbey ⓘ
Iona Abbey → hasPart → Iona Abbey self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iona Abbey church
Iona → knownFor → Iona Abbey ⓘ
Iona → hasLandmark → Iona Abbey ⓘ
Lord of the Isles → religiousPatronage → Iona Abbey ⓘ
Saint Columba → founded → Iona Abbey ⓘ
Lulach of Scotland → burialPlace → Iona Abbey ⓘ
Iona Nunnery ruins → partOf → Iona Abbey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iona monastic complex
Iona Nunnery ruins → associatedWith → Iona Abbey ⓘ
Iona Nunnery ruins → proximityTo → Iona Abbey ⓘ
Book of Kells (traditionally linked to Iona) → associatedWithMonastery → Iona Abbey ⓘ
subject surface form: Book of Kells
Dál Riata → religiousCenter → Iona Abbey ⓘ
Celtic Christianity → associatedWithInstitution → Iona Abbey ⓘ
Somerset of Argyll → workLocation → Iona Abbey ⓘ
Iona Community → hasMainCentre → Iona Abbey ⓘ
Iona Community → operatesRetreats → Iona Abbey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iona Abbey programme
St Oran’s Chapel → isPartOf → Iona Abbey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iona Abbey complex
St Oran’s Chapel → associatedWith → Iona Abbey ⓘ
St Oran’s Chapel → hasNearbySite → Iona Abbey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iona Abbey church
Reilig Odhráin burial ground → associatedWith → Iona Abbey ⓘ
Reilig Odhráin burial ground → partOf → Iona Abbey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iona Abbey complex
Reilig Odhráin burial ground → near → Iona Abbey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iona Abbey church
Sound of Iona → adjacentTo → Iona Abbey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iona Abbey (on Iona)
St Martin’s Cross → standsNear → Iona Abbey ⓘ
St Martin’s Cross → associatedWith → Iona Abbey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iona monastic community
St John’s Cross (replica on site) → locatedNear → Iona Abbey ⓘ
St John’s Cross (replica on site) → associatedWith → Iona Abbey ⓘ
St John’s Cross (replica on site) → associatedWith → Iona Abbey ⓘ
this entity surface form: monastic community of Iona
St John’s Cross (replica on site) → hasOriginalLocatedAt → Iona Abbey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iona Abbey Museum
St John’s Cross (replica on site) → visibleFrom → Iona Abbey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iona Abbey precinct
Book of Kells → associatedWith → Iona Abbey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monastery of Iona
Donald I of Scotland → burialPlace → Iona Abbey ⓘ
Kenneth II of Scotland → burialPlace → Iona Abbey ⓘ
Columba → founded → Iona Abbey ⓘ
Vita Columbae by Adomnán of Iona → associatedMonastery → Iona Abbey ⓘ
subject surface form: Vita Columbae
Colm Cille → founded → Iona Abbey ⓘ
Colm Cille → hasLegacy → Iona Abbey ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iona became a major center of learning and mission in medieval Europe