Saint Ronald of Orkney

Also known as

• Rögnvald Kali Kolsson
• Ragnvald Kale Kollsson

Memorial

• 20 August

Profile

Son of Lendmann Kol Kalisson and Gunhild Erlendsdotter, and described as “elegant and accomplished”. Appointed Earl of the Orkney and Shetland Islands by King Sigurd I of Norway in 1129. He made a vow to build a church in his lands; the result was the Saint Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Scotland. Murdered by a group of warriors rebelling against him, his rule and his religion, and is considered a martyr in Kirkwall.

Born

• 1100 in Norway

Died

• 20 August 1158 in Caithness, Scotland

Canonized

• 1192 by Pope Celestine III

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Ronald of Orkney”. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 December 2012. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-ronald-of-orkney/>