Iona

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historic site island tourist destination

Iona is a small, historically significant island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, renowned as a center of early Celtic Christianity and monasticism.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Iona canonical 46
Iona (traditional attribution) 3
Iona Sound anchorage 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site ⓘ
island ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
associatedWith Book of Kells (traditionally linked to Iona) ⓘ
surface form: Book of Kells (traditionally linked)

Celtic Christianity ⓘ
Saint Columba ⓘ
Scottish kings ⓘ
burialPlaceOf several early Irish kings ⓘ
several early Norse kings ⓘ
several early Scottish kings ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
currentPrimaryLanguage English ⓘ
foundationAsMonasticCenterDate 563 ⓘ
foundedAsReligiousCenterBy Saint Columba ⓘ
governedBy Argyll and Bute Council ⓘ
hasBeach white sand beaches ⓘ
hasLandmark Iona Abbey ⓘ
Iona Nunnery ruins ⓘ
Reilig Odhráin burial ground ⓘ
surface form: Reilig Odhráin (historic graveyard)

St John’s Cross (replica on site) ⓘ
St Martin’s Cross ⓘ
St Oran’s Chapel ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic small permanent population ⓘ
hasReligiousCommunity Iona Abbey community ⓘ
Iona Community ⓘ
surface form: Iona Community (ecumenical Christian community)
hasTransportLink ferry connection to Isle of Mull ⓘ
heritageDesignation important early Christian site ⓘ
historicalRole center of Christian missionary activity in Scotland ⓘ
center of Christian missionary activity in northern Britain ⓘ
major center of Gaelic monasticism ⓘ
inArchipelago Inner Hebrides ⓘ
surface form: Hebrides

Inner Hebrides ⓘ
knownFor Christian monasticism ⓘ
Iona Abbey ⓘ
early Celtic Christianity ⓘ
historic burial site of kings ⓘ
religious pilgrimage ⓘ
locatedIn Inner Hebrides ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
locatedOffCoastOf Isle of Mull ⓘ
partOf Argyll and Bute ⓘ
primaryLanguageHistorical Old Irish ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
region West of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: West Coast of Scotland
religionHistorical Christianity ⓘ
tourismActivity heritage tourism ⓘ
nature tourism ⓘ
religious pilgrimage ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scottish Islands → hasPart → Iona ⓘ
Mull → hasNearbyIsland → Iona ⓘ
Iona Abbey → locatedIn → Iona ⓘ
Iona Abbey → island → Iona ⓘ
Iona Abbey → partOf → Iona ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iona monastic settlement
Kenneth MacAlpin → burialPlace → Iona ⓘ
Northumbria → missionaryInfluenceFrom → Iona ⓘ
Saint Columba → deathPlace → Iona ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
Saint Columba → placeOfBurial → Iona ⓘ
Saint Columba → residence → Iona ⓘ
Argyll and Bute → containsIsland → Iona ⓘ
Isle of Mull → hasNearbyIsland → Iona ⓘ
Isle of Mull → connectedByFerryTo → Iona ⓘ
Inner Hebrides → hasIsland → Iona ⓘ
clan MacDonald → historicSeat → Iona ⓘ
subject surface form: Clan MacDonald
Saint Drostan → associatedWith → Iona ⓘ
Staffa → accessibleFrom → Iona ⓘ
Fionnphort → mainFerryPortFor → Iona ⓘ
Fionnphort → servesAsGatewayTo → Iona ⓘ
Fionnphort → hasNearbyIsland → Iona ⓘ
Bunessan → hasNearbyIsland → Iona ⓘ
Saint Oswald → associatedWith → Iona ⓘ
Iona Nunnery ruins → locatedIn → Iona ⓘ
Iona Nunnery ruins → isOnIsland → Iona ⓘ
council area of Argyll and Bute → contains → Iona ⓘ
subject surface form: Argyll and Bute (council area)
Book of Kells (traditionally linked to Iona) → traditionallyLinkedTo → Iona ⓘ
subject surface form: Book of Kells
Dál Riata → associatedWith → Iona ⓘ
St Oran’s Chapel → locatedIn → Iona ⓘ
St Oran’s Chapel → locatedOnIsland → Iona ⓘ
Reilig Odhráin burial ground → locatedIn → Iona ⓘ
Sound of Iona → separates → Iona ⓘ
Sound of Iona → hasNearbyIsland → Iona ⓘ
Sound of Iona → near → Iona ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iona Sound anchorage
St Martin’s Cross → locatedIn → Iona ⓘ
St John’s Cross (replica on site) → locatedIn → Iona ⓘ
Bridei mac Bili → associatedWith → Iona ⓘ
Domnall mac Ailpín → burialPlace → Iona ⓘ
Malcolm I of Scotland → burialPlace → Iona ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iona (traditional attribution)
Book of Kells → probablePlaceOfOrigin → Iona ⓘ
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland → documentedPlacesVisited → Iona ⓘ
Aidan of Lindisfarne → educatedAt → Iona ⓘ
Donald II of Scotland → burialPlace → Iona ⓘ
Kenneth II of Scotland → burialPlace → Iona ⓘ
Kenneth II of Scotland → associatedWithPlace → Iona ⓘ
Malcolm II of Scotland → burialPlace → Iona ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iona (traditional attribution)
Clan Donald → historicSeat → Iona ⓘ
Iona Station, Ontario, Canada → namedAfter → Iona ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iona, Scotland
Columba → associatedWith → Iona ⓘ
Vita Columbae by Adomnán of Iona → placeOfComposition → Iona ⓘ
subject surface form: Vita Columbae
Vita Columbae by Adomnán of Iona → setting → Iona ⓘ
subject surface form: Vita Columbae