Iona: a historic Christian pilgrimage
I can describe how and why Iona became an ancient centre of pilgrimage.
Iona: a historic Christian pilgrimage
I can describe how and why Iona became an ancient centre of pilgrimage.
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Key learning points
- Iona is an island off the west coast of Scotland.
- Celtic monks travelled to remote places to establish monasteries.
- Colomba travelled to Iona and founded a monastery there in 563 AD.
- The monastery and later abbey became a centre of pilgrimage for many centuries.
Keywords
Celtic - referring to an ancient people related to the Irish, Scots and Welsh
Monastery - a building lived in by a community of monks who follow religious vows
Monk - a member of a religious order who has taken vows to dedicate themselves to God
Thin place - a Celtic idea of a place where the boundary between heaven and earth is almost not there
Common misconception
Christianity spread in a similar way across Europe.
Celtic people developed distinctive practices and artefacts such as Celtic crosses.
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