Iona Abbey
Iona Abbey is an abbey located on the island of Iona, just off the Isle of Mull on the West Coast of Scotland. It is one of the oldest Christian religious centres in Western Europe.Photo: Akela NDE, CC BY-SA 2.0 fr.
Photo: Oliver-Bonjoch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Monastery
- Description: abbey in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Iona Abbey, Iona”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Iona and St Oran’s Chapel.
Iona
Iona is an island one mile west of Mull in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It's only 3½ miles long by 1½ miles across, with a population of 210 in 2019. Its main settlement Baile Mor is just a straggle of cottages.
St Oran’s Chapel
Church
Photo: Keith Laverack, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Oran's Chapel is a medieval chapel located on the island of Iona in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland. Built in the 12th century, the chapel was dedicated to St Oran. St Oran’s Chapel is situated 410 feet southwest of Iona Abbey.
Iona Church, Iona
Church
Photo: ArchHist, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Iona Church, Iona is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Iona Abbey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fionnphort and Kintra.
Fionnphort
Photo: Zenit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fionnphort is a small fishing port at the far west of the Ross of Mull, where the ferry crosses to Iona. The population is about 80 and the village has limited accommodation or other amenities.
Kintra
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Fergusson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kintra, meaning "head of the beach" in Scottish Gaelic, is a settlement on the North-Western coast of the Ross of Mull, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Kilfinichen and Kilvickeon. Kintra is situated 2 miles east of Iona Abbey.
Knocknafenaig
Locality
Knocknafenaig is a ruined township on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. Located in the south-western portion of the island known as the Ross of Mull, Knocknafenaig is an extremely well preserved township that shows many characteristics of the 19th-century and early 20th-century living conditions. Knocknafenaig is situated 6 miles southeast of Iona Abbey.
Iona Abbey
- Categories: abbey and religion
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Iona Abbey” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير إيونا”
- Azerbaijani: “Ayona abbatlığı”
- Basque: “Ionako abade-etxea”
- Basque: “Ionako abadetxea”
- Basque: “Ionako abadia”
- Belarusian: “Абацтва на востраве Аёна”
- Breton: “abati Iona”
- Breton: “Abati Iona”
- Catalan: “abadia d’Iona”
- Catalan: “Abadia d’Iona”
- Chinese: “艾奧納修道院”
- Danish: “Iona Abbey”
- Dutch: “Iona Abbey”
- French: “abbaye d’Iona”
- French: “Abbaye d’Iona”
- French: “Abbaye dIona”
- Galician: “Abadía de Iona”
- Galician: “Mosteiro de Iona”
- German: “Iona Abbey”
- German: “Kloster Iona”
- Hebrew: “אחוזת איונה”
- Indonesian: “Biara Iona”
- Irish: “Mainistir Oileán Í”
- Italian: “abbazia di Iona”
- Italian: “Abbazia di Iona”
- Japanese: “アイオナ修道院”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Iona-klosteret”
- Norwegian: “Iona-klosteret”
- Polish: “Opactwo Iona”
- Portuguese: “Abadia de Iona”
- Portuguese: “Monastério de Iona”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Iona”
- Russian: “Аббатство Айона”
- Russian: “Аббатство на острове Иона”
- Russian: “Иона”
- Scots: “Iona Abbey”
- Slovenian: “opatija Iona”
- Spanish: “Abadia de Iona”
- Spanish: “abadía de Iona”
- Spanish: “Abadía de Iona”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de Iona”
- Swedish: “Iona Abbey”
- Swedish: “klostret på Iona”
- Ukrainian: “Айонське абатство”
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