Abbot of Iona (Benedictine)

Abbot of Iona (Benedictine)

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 Raghnall mac Somhairle, son of Somerled, 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:

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
* Eóin MacAlasdair (John MacAlister), 1405-?1421
* Aonghas MacDomhnaill (Angus MacDonald), 1465
* Eóin MacFhionghain (John MacKinnon, son of Lachlan MacKinnon), 1467 -1498

List of Commendators

* Eóin Caimbeul I (John Campbell), 1499-1510
* George Hepburn, 1510-1513
* Eóin Caimbeul II (John Campbell), 1514-1532
* Ailean (Alan MacLean), 1526
* Seumas Sdibhard (James Stewart), 1529
* Fearchar MacEachainn, 1528-1544 x 1546
* Ruairidh MacGill-Eathain, 1544-1552 x 1553
* Ruairidh MacAlasdair (Roderick MacAlister), 1545 - 1546
* Ailean Mac an Tóisich (Alan MacIntosh), 1546
* John Hay, 1547
* Pádraig MacGill-Eathain, 1547-1552
* Alexander Gordon, 1553-1562
* Eóin Caimbeul III (John Campbell), 1557-1560 x 1562
* Pádraig MacGill-Eathain (again), 1560-1565
* Séon Carsuel, 1565-1572
* Lachlann MacGill-Eathain, 1567
* Eóin Caimbeul III (again), 1572-1581
* Alasdair Caimbeul (Alexander Campbell, 1581-1615

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

ee also

* Abbot of Iona
* Iona Abbey


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