abbey located on the island of Iona, just off the Isle of Mull on the West Coast of Scotland.

The Abbey is one of the oldest Christian religious centres in Western Europe and marks the foundation of the monastic community formed by St. Columba. Saint Aidan served as a monk at Iona, before helping to reestablish Christianity in Northumberland, on the island of Lindisfarne (or Holy Isle). In 563, Columba came to Iona from Ireland with twelve companions, and founded a monastery. It developed as an influential centre for the spread of Christianity among the Picts and Scots.

In 1899 the Duke of Argyll transferred ownership of the ruined remains of the Abbey and Nunnery sites to the Iona Cathedral Trust, which undertook extensive restoration of the Abbey church. In 1938, the Abbey was rebuilt and the Iona Community was founded. The Community today still looks after the Abbey and surrounding buildings. Up until the medieval period the Monarchs of the Scots were buried in Iona.