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St. Oran's Cross
Isle of Iona, Scotland
The isle of Iona was a sacred place in the ancient world. It was "The Sacred
Isle of the Blest" (Tirnan-Og) of the Celts. St. Columba founded a monastery on
the island in 563. He brought the strength and vision whereby the tiny isle
became the ecclesiastical seat of Scotland and the spiritual home of Celtic
Christianity. From the mid 8th to 9th century, the Iona artisan monks, possibly
Picts, created perhaps hundreds of sculptured crosses. Four of these remain
standing today and the fragments of St.Oran's cross lie in the Addy Museum.
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