Magnus 的姪子Rognvald是一位维京贵族,他从挪威赶来继承叔父的爵位和领地。他向奥克尼的民众许诺,要为他殉教的叔父Magnus,建立一座宏伟石殿。经过几十年修建,大教堂终于在奥克尼主岛柯克沃尔完工,以Magnus 命名。Magnus 的遗体安葬于内,前面立有方柱,柱上铜制铭牌上书:“在这方柱后方,埋葬着奥克尼伯爵Magnus ,他于1115年4月16日被杀。为纪念他,他的侄子Rognvald,于1133年12月13日,修建了这座大教堂”。
Here ,in our old gray city of the North ,
Beneath the shadow of St Magnus \' shrine ,
There stands a gate into God\'s Acre,
where they sleep in peace ,
the fathers of our island line 。
And on its pillars graven are the names of
those who give their lives,
that we in turn might lie in peace and quiet ,
when our day is done。
That we might Freemen live and Freemen die。