Your husband, King Malcolm III, has recently gained control over previously unsettled lands in the west.

Scottish Christianity was first established in the west with Gaelic saints such as Columba at Iona. The pressure of Viking raiders forced the religious centre eastwards. Since then, the Gaelic Church has spread throughout the country.

St Columba from a 20th century stained glass window in St Margaret’s chapel, Edinburgh Castle.

Early Gaelic saints from the west of Scotland. St Finnan�s bell from St Finnan�s Isle, Loch Shiel.