- 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 , westernScotland . It was founded in 1203 byRaghnall mac Somhairle , son ofSomerled , 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 -1498List 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, 1581-1615Bibliography
* 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
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Abbot of Iona
*Iona Abbey
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