Iona

Iona is a small island in Scotland. It was considered a holy place by Medieval Scots, and Maol Chalvim I was buried there.[1]

Real world background

As in the Gargoyles universe, Iona was an important center of Scottish Christianity, originally founded in the 6th century by St. Columba. Maol Chalvim I was indeed buried at the abbey there, as were Kings Duncan, Macbeth and Donald Ban.

Iona was originally called "Ioua"; the more familiar version of its name comes from Dr. Samuel Johnson's A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. (Shakespeare calls it "Colmekill" in Macbeth, derived from the Gaelic "I Choluim Chille".)

See also

• Iona at Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia