iouan

Updated: May 16, 2025

Columba crossed over from Ireland to north Britain, with the wonted twelve companions. He established himself in the island of Hii, the Iouan island, now called Iona. In 565 he went to the mainland, crossed the central ridge of mountains, and made his way to the residence of the king of the northern Picts, near "the long lake of the river Ness," not far from Inverness.

G. F. (George Forrest) Browne - The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine: Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894