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Ísleifur Gissurarson

Icelandic bishop

Also known as: Ísleifr Gissurarson

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Icelandic literature

In Icelandic literature: Prose
One of the first was Ísleifr, who, after being educated and ordained a priest, was consecrated bishop. His school at Skálholt in southern Iceland was for many centuries the chief bishopric and a main centre of learning. The earliest remembered historian is Sæmundr the Wise, but Ari Þorgilsson is regarded…
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