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Iona & St Columba
A selection of media reflecting the religious and cultural importance of St Columba and his monastic centre on the island of Iona. The influence of this group of monks reverberates through ...
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Columba founds a monastery on Iona – 565 AD
Scotland's History Early Scotland Columba founds a monastery on Iona The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to ...
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Columba
In 563 AD Columba left Ireland ... the seventh century. Iona faced competition from other Irish monastic missions, however, and their religious power was not absolute. St Mael Rhuba at Applecross ...
Monks, gold and a lost monastery found on Scottish island now 'as important as Iona'
Moluag was born in the northern part of Ireland around 530AD, making him a contemporary of St Columba. It is said he arrived ...
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Poet Kenneth Steven reflects on Scottish island life
Poet Kenneth Steven has a special relationship with the small Hebridean island of Iona, set in the Atlantic ... and worship in the 6th century, when St Columba brought Christianity from Ireland ...