Excerpt from Behold Iona: A Guide and Souvenir About 1430 a new Scots Bishopric of the Isles was created, the Bishop taking up his residence in Iona, although the Abbey continued to be subject to Dunkeld until about 1507 when Iona again became the seat of the Bishopric, the Abbey being raised to the dignity of a Cathedral, but only for a short time. With the victory of the Reformers in Scotland, its ancient religious glory was for the time eclipsed and by the Order of the Convention of Estates of 1561 the Abbey and monastic buildings were dismantled. Of 360 memorial crosses said at one time to have existed in the island, only three remain today. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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