Abbot of Iona (Benedictine)
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The Benedictine Abbot of Iona (later Commendator of Iona) was the head of the Benedictine monastic community of Iona Abbey, Iona, western Scotland. It was founded in 1203 by Ragnall, son of Somairle mac Gille Brigte, king of Argyll and the Isles, although there had been a Scottish/Irish monastery there for the previous seven centuries. The following is a list of abbots and commendators:
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[edit] List of abbots
- Celestine (Cellach), 1203-1204
- Amhalghaidh Ó Ferghail, fl. 1204
- Fionnlagh (Finnláech; Finlay), fl. 1320
- Peter, fl. 1357
- Finghuine MacFhionghain (MacKinnon), fl. 1357 - 1405
- Eion MacAlasdair (John MacAlister), 1405-?1421
- Aonghas MacDomhnaill (Angus MacDonald), 1465
- Eion MacFhionghain (John MacKinnon, son of Lachlan MacKinnon), 1467 -1498
[edit] List of Commendators
- Eion Caimbeul I (John Campbell), 1499-1510
- George Hepburn, 1510-1513
- Eion Caimbeul II (John Campbell), 1514-1532
- Ailean (Alan MacLean), 1526
- Seumas Sdibhard (James Stewart), 1529
- Fearchar MacEachainn, 1528-1544 x 1546
- Ruairidh (Roderick MacLean), 1544-1552 x 1553
- Ruairidh MacAlasdair (Roderick MacAlister), 1545 - 1546
- Ailean Mac an Tóisich (Alan MacIntosh), 1546
- John Hay, 1547
- Pádraig (Patrick MacLean), 1547-1552
- Alexander Gordon, 1553-1562
- Eion Caimbeul III (John Campbell), 1557-1560 x 1562
- Pádraig (again), 1560-1565
- John Carswell, 1565-1572
- Lachlann MacLean, 1567
- Eion Caimbeul III (again), 1572-1581
- Alasdair Caimbeul (Alexander Campbell, 1581-1615
[edit] Bibliography
- Watt, D.E.R. & Shead, N.F. (eds.), The Heads of Religious Houses in Scotland from the 12th to the 16th Centuries, The Scottish Records Society, New Series, Volume 24, (Edinburgh, 2001), pp. 111-15
[edit] See also
| Prelates of Medieval Scotland (post-1100) | |
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| Archbishops | Glasgow (1492) | St Andrews (1472) |
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