Thorfinn the Mighty — the greatest of the Norse earls of Orkney, who held power from Shetland to Dublin and raided deep into Scotland — eliminated his co-earl Rögnvald Brúsason at Rendall on Mainland Orkney. Thorfinn's long reign made Orkney the dominant power in the north and west of Scotland. He later made a pilgrimage to Rome in penance.
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