After his death and subsequent sainthood, St Rognvald was also interred here. During extensive restoration work in a skeleton was found behind stonework whose skull carried a wound consistent with the axe-blow said to have killed Magnus. Rognvald's bones had been found and re-interred during earlier work on the building in the s.
The first Bishop was William the Old who took his authority from the Archbishop of Trondheim, and it was for him that the nearby Bishop's Palace was originally built. The King was buried in St Magnus Cathedral until the weather was good enough to return his remains to Bergen. St Magnus Cathedral subsequently came under the control of the Archbishop of St Andrews and the Bishops were subsequently of Scots rather than Norse origin.
Most notable amongst them was Bishop Robert Reid, who presided over St Magnus Cathedral from to and who, almost incidentally, also founded Edinburgh University. The Reformation in had a less dramatic effect on St Magnus Cathedral than it had in some other parts of Scotland, but it had a narrow escape in Government forces suppressing a rebellion had besieged and destroyed Kirkwall Castle, and intended to destroy St Magnus Cathedral after rebels had hidden inside.
The Bishop of the day intervened to prevent them. Major work was undertaken on the Cathedral in the early s. This included replacing the dumpy stone pyramid atop the tower with a taller spire clothed in copper sheeting. As a result today's Cathedral looks much more as it did until its original spire was struck by lightning in the late s. Restoration and renovation work on the building continues, and with increased urgency since it was discovered in the s that the west end of the Cathedral was in danger of collapsing away from the remainder of the structure.
Other work is more progressive, and to celebrate its th anniversary in the Queen unveiled a magnificent new west window. Internally, St Magnus Cathedral is a fascinating place to visit. The great age of much of its structure means it has smaller windows that are found in more modern churches, and it is therefore much darker than you might expect.
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The triumphant Paul sailed back to Orkney with all the captured ships, as well as all Rognvald's money. It was a disaster for Rognvald, who returned home later in the year He reassured his son that all was not lost, for Kol had secured the good will of the Shetlanders. Further, Rognvald could look to his saintly uncle Magnus for help. Kol advised Rognvald to vow that he would build a fine stone minster in Kirkwall, promising to dedicate it to St Magnus in return for the earldom he sought.
Rognvald did as his father said. He swore the oath to St Magnus and sailed west once more, landing in Shetland, where he received a warm welcome. But Earl Paul had not been idle during the winter. He'd organised a series of warning beacons, built at the peaks of all the highest ground in the islands. These were old beacon sites. Paul knew that the threat of invasion would come from Shetland. The ward beacon on Fair Isle - half way between Orkney and Shetland - was of huge importance.
Unfortunately for Earl Paul, Rognvald was able to sabotage this beacon and slip past without warning. A temporary truce was proclaimed between the two until the tides and winds became favourable for sailing, at which time they would meet in battle. The previous Yule he had outlawed a young chieftain called Sven Asleifarson for murdering one of Paul's senior warriors.
Seeking revenge, Sven returned to Orkney secretly and captured the earl while he was hunting otters in the west of Rousay. Earl Paul was captured and taken south to the home of Paul's half-sister, Margaret, who was married to the Earl of Athol. There was no love lost between the siblings.
Press the arrow below, and I'll tell you the story of St Magnus. St Magnus Cathedral was built under the supervision of Rognvald's wise father, Kol, beginning in In the 13th century the cathedral was extended to the east.
Work on the building progressed slowly. The supporting pillars at the west end were originally built outside, but the work slowed to the point that a temporary gable was needed to enclose the building. The pillars remained outside, exposed to the elements, as they waited for the extension to be completed. Weathering can still be seen on some of the inside pillars at the west end, near the door.
This was abandoned, probably from a combination of the prohibitive cost and unfavourable geology. The bedrock slopes steeply down, towards the waters of the Peedie Sea, making the foundation of the proposed towers precarious.
At that time, the Peedie Sea came all the way up to Broad Street, almost as far as the cathedral. From that point on, St Magnus Cathedral didn't belong to the church but to the people of Kirkwall. Technically, the cathedral is now owned by the people of Orkney St Magnus Cathedral is the only cathedral in Scotland to still contain the bones of its patron saint. The bones of Magnus and Rognvald had been hidden inside pillars for their protection during the Reformation.
Otherwise, they would have been destroyed. The Norman Romanesque cathedral has similarities to Durham Cathedral, possibly due to the fact that English masons who worked at Durham may also have been involved with St Magnus. The church grew in size from the 12th to 14th centuries. It also escaped comparatively unscathed from the Scottish Reformation of Nearby to the church are the ruins of both the Bishop's Palace , which was built at the same time as the cathedral and the Earl's Palace.
Patrick Stewart , the bastard son of King James V of Scotland built the latter using forced labour as he had done in the construction of Scalloway Castle in the Shetland Islands.
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