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St.Martin’s Celtic Cross Iona Sterling Silver Pendant
SKU: JY-PD-0064
1 in stock
St.Martin’s Celtic Cross pendant, Iona, Sterling Silver. This Scottish silver cross is based on the high cross at the abbey of Iona, Scotland. It is stamped 925 with the maker’s mark on the back.
Dimensions 5 x 1.5 cms, 18 inch chain.
St. Martin’s High Cross is situated outside the main entrance to Iona Abbey. It stands at 16’8″ high and was probably made in the 800’s AD.
£75.00
1 in stock
Additional information
| Brands | Celtic Art Scotland |
|---|---|
| Design | Celtic, Crosses |
| History | Factual History |
| Metal | Sterling Silver |
| Origins | Scotland |
HISTORY of IONA
IONA is a small island off the West coast of Scotland. In 563AD St.Columba, an Irish missionary monk, built a Celtic church there. It became a seat of learning and pilgrimage and the great masterpiece of Western calligraphy ‘The Book of Kells’ was created there by the monks in about 800AD. At the time of the Viking invasions it was removed to Ireland for safe keeping and now resides in Trinity College, Dublin.
Also, St.Aiden served as a monk at Iona, before helping to establish Christianity in Northumberland, on the island of Lindesfarne.
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