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After Saint Adomnán, there occurs a schism at Iona, owing to division amongst the brethren regarding the date of Easter , which does not appear to have been resolved until the abbacy of Fedlimid .
During that abbacies of the last two, almost certainly because of Viking attacks, the relics of Columba and perhaps even the position of Columban ''comarba'', were moved to Kells and Dunkeld , and thereafter the position of abbot ceases to have the same significance. In Scotland, the abbots of Dunkeld ruled much of central Scotland, and functioned as one of the most important politicians of northern Britain. One of the abbots, Crínán married Bethóc , the daughter of King Máel Coluim II , and became the progenitor of the so-called House Of Dunkeld , who ruled Scotland until the later Thirteenth Century . However, the abbacy did continue, and abbots of Iona continue to appear in the sources, although not as regularly. BIBLIOGRAPHY
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