Venerable Adomnan, Abbot of Iona in Scotland Commemorated: September 23 / October 6. Dmitry Lapa. St. Adomnan ...

Located on the island of Iona, ... to somewhere between 540 and 650 AD. St Columba was Abbot of Iona from the date of the monastery’s foundation (563 AD) till his death (597 AD).

They will row and sail their craft so as to reach Iona at Pentecost, which this year falls on June 2, for it was on the eve of Pentecost in 563 that St. Columba, sailing from Derry with 12 ...

In 563 AD Columba left Ireland and settled with the Gaels of Dál Riata, where he was granted the Island of Iona to found his monastery. The traditional opinion of how Columba came to Scotland ...

A former monk close to the disrobed abbot of Wat Rai Khing, who was accused of embezzling temple funds to gamble online, was arrested in Nakhon Pathom on Friday.Crime Suppression Division police ...

Phra Thamma Wachiranuwat, disgraced abbot of Wat Rai Khing in Thailand's Nakhon Pathom province, has been disrobed for allegedly embezzling 300 million baht from temple funds to gamble online ...

An even more incredible story of miracle-working is ascribed to Adomnan, the ninth Abbot of Iona, involving another, more famous Pictish King named Bridei - the same King Bridei who defeated the ...

On the night before Christmas 986, Danes out of Limerick descended on Iona. The Abbot and 15 monks began running towards the shore, hoping for shelter among the black rocks.

Iona is fading with four straight misses as part of a 1-for-10 funk. A 3 from Small and two mid-range scores from KJ Tenner pushed WVU's lead to 59-29, the largest of the game.

The New Rochelle-based university announced Tuesday the opportunity was part of Iona piloting a new campus at the Westport House Estate, where students will be able to study on the 400-acre estate.