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Kendall, the Thingstead of the islands, but were
parted ; they met again at Egilsey, where Dietrichson
thinks an old Celtic church was the one mentioned
in the saga, and Magnus was put to death (Easter,
April 16, 1115). Hákon in penitence made pilgrimage
to Rome and Palestine, and returning ruled in
peace. Magnus became regarded as a martyr and a
saint.
The two sons of Hákon reigned after his death
(1122 or 1123)–Harald "the smooth-spoken," and
Paul "the silent." Harald lived at Orfjara (Orphir),
where still can be seen the ruins of the round church,
built, like others of the twelfth century, in imitation of
the church of the Holy Sepulchre. It may have been
erected by his father after returning from Jerusalem,
1118, but Orphir is not mentioned as Hákon’s residence,
though it was the home of his sons, and the
first mention of the church is in 1136, in connexion
with the hall. The foundations of this hall, "the
Earl’s Bu at Orphir," have been discovered recently,
and described by Mr. A. W. Johnston (Proc. S. A.
Scot., xxxvii., and Saga-book of the Viking Club). Jarl
Harald is said to have been killed by a poisoned
shirt intended for his brother, and then Paul reigned
until Kali Kolsson, who took the name of Ragnvald,
the nephew of St. Magnus, came from Norway and
seized half the Orkneys. Paul was captured by Svein
Asleifarson, a Viking chief who lived in a castle (now
destroyed) on Damsey ; Swendro chapel at Westness
is supposed to commemorate the capture ; and Paul
was done to death in Athol, the ruler of which,
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