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Viking Raid on Iona

Norse warriors storm ashore at dawn, setting fire to the monastery of Iona and attacking the monks. The abbot and scribes desperately try to defend sacred texts while others flee in terror. The Viking leader shouts orders as his warriors loot and burn, their axes gleaming in the firelight.

Year 795
Date 6/1
Location Iona Abbey, Isle Of Iona, Scotland
Layer 2
Visibility HIDDEN
tax:religious-life

Key Figures

Abbot Diarmait Viking Leader Young Monk Viking Warrior Monastic Scribe
Time Travel

Causal neighbors · 1221 linked moments

F
Founding of Iona Abbey
563 · same location
V
Viking raid on Iona
802 · same location
V
Viking Raid on Iona
795 · same location
D
Death of Saint Columba
597 · same location
D
Death of St. Columba
597 · same location
D
Death of Saint Columba
597 · same location
D
Death of Saint Columba
597 · same location
D
Death of Saint Columba
597 · same location
D
Death of Saint Columba
597 · same location
E
Expulsion of Vikings from Dublin
902 · same figure
V
Viking Reconquest of Dublin
917 · same figure
V
Viking raid on Armagh
869 · same figure
V
Viking withdrawal from Ireland after Clontarf
1014 · same figure
B
Battle of Ashdown
871 · same figure
B
Battle of Maldon
991 · same figure
D
Death of Brian Boru
1014 · same figure
B
Battle of Clontarf
1014 · same figure
V
Viking raid on Lindisfarne
793 · same figure
D
Death of Saint Columba
597 · same figure
B
Battle of Clontarf
1014 · same figure
B
Battle of Maldon
991 · same figure
B
Battle of Brunanburh
937 · same figure
D
Death of Bernard of Clairvaux
1153 · same figure
D
Death of Sigurd the Stout
1014 · same figure
B
Battle of Maldon
991 · same figure
V
Viking Raid on Nantes
843 · same figure
B
Battle of Fulford
1066 · same figure
D
Death of Murchad mac Brian
1014 · same figure
B
Battle of Edington
878 · same figure
V
Viking Raid on Lindisfarne
793 · same figure
B
Battle of Fulford
1066 · same figure
V
Viking raid on Jarrow
794 · same figure
D
Death of Saint Patrick
461 · same figure
V
Viking Raid on Lindisfarne
793 · same figure
B
Battle of Maldon
991 · same figure
V
Viking raid on Iona
802 · same figure