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    Iona (/aɪˈoʊnə/; Scottish Gaelic: Ì Chaluim Chille [ˈiː ˈxal̪ˠɪm ˈçiʎə] , sometimes simply Ì) is an island in the Inner Hebrides, off the Ross of Mull...
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    he calls "the Britains" (Britanniae): Ex adverso huius situs Britannia insula clara Graecis nostrisque monimentis inter septentrionem et occidentem iacet...
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    (Kenneth) used "Oidecha Insula" as a stopping place on his journey between Iona and Ireland. Kenneth is said to have left his crozier on Iona on this journey...
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    However, he is documented by Adomnán (also known as Eunan), the ninth abbot of Iona who died in 704. Adomnán was a hagiographer and his greatest work Vita Columbae...
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    the post-Roman era of Great Britain and Ireland. The term derives from insula, the Latin term for "island"; in this period Britain and Ireland shared...
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    AD) says the older name for the island was Albion, and Avienius calls it insula Albionum, "island of the Albions". The name could have reached Pytheas from...
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    Coates, proposes that the name ultimately derives from Latin Medicata [Insula] (English: Healing [Island]), owing perhaps to the island's reputation for...
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  • Bad Medicine Becker Ponsford 799 288 84 32 Badger (North, South) Murray Iona 170; 190 3; 3 4; 5 Badger Polk Erskine 353 342 19 19 Bagley Clearwater Leonard...
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    island of Iona. However, the associated writing called the Auslegung adds that this section of the map extends from Ireland to the "Insula Fortunata"...
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  • Manx Society – via Internet Archive. Oliver, JR, ed. (1860). Monumenta de Insula Manniæ; or, A Collection of National Documents Relating to the Isle of Man...
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