Iona Cathedral

Title
Iona Cathedral
LC Subject
Christianity
Photographer
Williams, Brown & Earle
Description
Persecutions scattered Christian communities and forced their members to become missionaries. Many went to Scotland, and some settled on the Island of Iona, where a church was built called the Church of the Savior. Part of its walls are to be seen in ruins at the present day. Later, Iona became a celebrated seat of Christian learning under the great and good Columba. From this centre of learning and missionary zeal, Christian men went out and founded, it is said, one hundred monastaries and three hundred and sixty-five churches. The very soil of Iona was supposed to be sacred. It became the burial place of kings. So much was this the fact, that its "fair kirk yard" is said to contain the tombs of forty-eight Scottish kinds, four Irish kings, some kings of Norway and a great many lords of the isles.
Work Type
lantern slides
Date
1900/1940
Identifier
P217:08:56
Rights
In Copyright
Local Collection Name
Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217)
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Primary Set
OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center
Is Part Of
Set 14 - History of the English Bible
Institution
Oregon State University
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