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View full screenGrave plate of lead, inscribed "HIC : REQVIESCIT : WILIAMUS : SENEX FELICIS MEMORIE / PRIMVS EPISCOPUS", found in St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, during the repairs of 1848, identifying the grave of William, first Bishop of Orkney (c. 1102 - 1168), possibly c. 1250 AD
H.KJ 64
c. 1250
Lead
St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, Northern Europe
William, first Bishop of Orkney