The priory of St Adrian on the Isle of May is traditionally thought to have been founded by David I for monks of Reading Abbey, sometime around 1135. Henry I, David’s brother-in-law, was buried at Reading, so the association seems plausible. The priory was established on a site where St Ethernan (who later became known as St Adrian) and several of his followers settled and established a monastery sometime before 669 AD. Ethernan was probably trained on Iona, and also established a monastery at Kilrenny, on the Fife mainland.

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