river Hvítá. Skálholt was, through eight centuries, one of the most important places in Iceland. A bishopric was established in Skálholt in 1056. Until...

church of the Bishop of Skálholt, currently Kristján Björnsson. Even though the cathedral contains the seat of the bishop, Skálholt is no longer a diocese...

[dead link] "Skálholt » What is Skálholt?". Archived from the original on 11 March 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2011. "Biskupar – Skálholt". Archived from...

Marcellus of Skálholt (d. 1460 or 1462, at sea, near the coast of Sweden), was a German Franciscan and an adventurer who was the 26th Bishop of Skálholt from...

were calling "America" was the land described in their Vinland Sagas. The Skálholt Map, drawn in 1570 or 1590 but surviving only through later copies, shows...

Iceland. He was Bishop of Skálholt from 1178 until his death. Thorlak's relics were translated to the Cathedral of Skalholt in 1198, not long after his...

Gissurarson, was consecrated in Bremen in 1056, and he made Skálholt the episcopal see. Thereafter, Skálholt was the centre of Christian learning and spirituality...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Skálholt has been a titular see of the Catholic Church since 1968. It was the estate of the first bishop in Iceland, Isleifr...

Other stops include the Kerið volcanic crater, the town of Hveragerði, Skálholt cathedral, and the Nesjavellir and Hellisheiðarvirkjun geothermal power...

consecrated bishop in Iceland was Ísleif Gizursson, who was the bishop of Skálholt from 1057 to his death in 1080. He is credited with having instituted a...

death of his father, Finnur Jónsson, Hannes Finnsson becomes bishop of Skálholt. August 14 – Christian VII issues a decree that Icelandic bishops should...

Great Ireland Tanfield Valley Straumfjörð Alleged artifacts Maine penny Skálholt Map Kensington Runestone Vinland Map Explorers Erik the Red Leif Erikson...

Machine. http://www.myoldmaps.com/renaissance-maps-1490-1800/4316-skalholt-map/4316-skalholt-map.pdf [bare URL PDF] "The Saga of Erik the Red". The Icelandic...

"Isleif Gissurarson av Skálholt (~1006-1080)". Den katolske kirke. Retrieved November 1, 2019. "Gissur Ísleifsson av Skálholt (~1042-1118)". katolsk.no...

official Brynjólfur Sveinsson (1605–1675), Lutheran Bishop of the see of Skálholt in Iceland All pages with titles containing Brynjólfur This page or section...

Americas http://www.myoldmaps.com/renaissance-maps-1490-1800/4316-skalholt-map/4316-skalholt-map.pdf [bare URL PDF] "The Vinland sagas". National Museum of...

seventh bishop of Iceland from 1195 to 1211. He served in the diocese of Skálholt. His life is recorded in Páls saga biskups. Páll was a descendant of the...

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September 1605 – 5 August 1675) served as the Lutheran Bishop of the see of Skálholt in Iceland. His main influence has been on modern knowledge of Old Norse...

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when it came into the possession of Brynjólfur Sveinsson, then Bishop of Skálholt. At the time, versions of the Prose Edda were known in Iceland, but scholars...

traces of human activity. Stefansson, Sigurd; Thorláksson, Thord (1590). "Skálholt Map" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved...

reintroduce Catholicism. Jón rode to Skálholt to occupy it and oversee the election of a new bishop. However, the people at Skálholt were prepared for the attack...

to be the Vinland settlement of explorer Leif Erikson. (The Icelandic Skálholt map of 1570 refers to the area as "Promontorium Winlandiæ" and correctly...

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1801. As of 2024, 15 people have held the office of Bishop of Iceland. List of Skálholt bishops List of Hólar bishops Official website (in Icelandic)...

officially ordained until 1524. The other Icelandic bishop, Ögmundur Pálsson of Skálholt, had strongly opposed Jón and even attempted to arrest him in 1522, but...

kayaks were taken to Scandinavia. The Norse sites were depicted in the Skálholt Map, made by an Icelandic teacher in 1570 and depicting part of northeastern...

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eruption occurs at Grímsvötn. 30 July: Geir Vídalín is consecrated bishop of Skálholt at Hólarby Bishop Sigurður Stefánsson. 21 August: Sveinn Pálsson climbs...