Bjarni Kolbeinsson, also known as the pseudonyms Bjarni the Poet and Bjarni de Dichter, was the son of Kolbein Hruga and Herborg. He was Bishop of the Orkney Islands at the end of the twelfth century. biography
He declared Count Rognvald Kali Kolsson, after his assassination in Caithness, with the Pope's permission holy. He later accompanied Count Harald when he went to Norway to surrender to King Sverre. Count Harald was forced to donate the Shetland Islands to Sverre for peace.
Bjarni, or his father, built St Mary's Chapel on Wyre.
He is the author of the poem "The Lay of the Jomsvikings" Sources
The main source about Bjarni the Poet is the Orkneyinga Saga.
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