SAINTS UNEARTHED
SKELETONS OF ST. MAGNUS AND HIS NEPHEW. MURDERED' BY BLOW ON HEAD. LONDON, Jan. 24. After 803 years it lias definitely been ascertained that the human skeletons found in Kirkwall Cathedral, Orkney Inland, are the remains of the Saints, Magnus, and his nephew llognvald, who founded the Church in .fulfilment of a vow to erect a minister suitable to receive his saintly uncle’s relic.
It is noteworthy that in the back of the skull which is believed to be Magnus’s is a long hole, compatible with the historical fact that Magnus was murdered by a blow on the head with a sharp instrument. —Reuter.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11011, 26 January 1926, Page 5
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