St Magnus: Light in the North
May 28, 2021
2 minutes
BRITAIN’S MOST northerly cathedral, St Magnus at Kirkwall on Orkney, was founded after a family reconciliation gone wrong that ended in murder.
Two Norse cousins, Magnus and Haakon, warred over the division of power in the Orkney Islands. In 1117 peace talks were suggested, but on the island of Egilsay,
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