Literature
The Faroese priest Lucas Debes commented in his lifework Færoæ & Færoa Reserata:
Even travelled in Norway and on the Faroe Islands, this Magnus Heinesen`s death, his fellow countrymen were deeply in sorrow. The Faroese people say that he was a man who protected the Islands, his father came here and settled here, his brother and sister was born here, and they lived and died here, and thereafter his descendants and friends also live here. —Lucas Debes, Færoæ & Færoa ReserataRead more about this topic: Magnus Heinason
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