Ernan, Abbot of Hinba lived in the sixth century. An uncle of St. Columba, Ernan was one of the twelve who accompanied Columba from Ireland to Iona. He was appointed head of the community which Columba had established on the island of Hinba -which may have been Canna, about four miles northwest of Rùm, but it may also have been Jura or Eileach an Naoimh, one of the Garvellachs, between Scarba and Mull. St Ernan's Kirk, Aridhglas, Isle of Mull, is dedicated to him.