Gissur Einarsson
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Gissur Einarsson
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Gissur Einarsson was a bishop in Skálholt from 1540 to his death, and the first Lutheran bishop in Iceland. Gissur was the son of Einar Sigvaldason on Hraun í Landbroti and of Gunnhildur Jónsdóttir. He was the nephew of Halldóra Sigvaldadóttir. He attended Skálholt's school where he was instructed by bishop Ögmundur Pálsson and went to study further at Hamburg, where he discovered Protestantism. He was made a priest shortly after he came back to Iceland, and Ögmundur chose him as his successor i
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Icelandic bishop
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gissur_Einarsson
date created:
2007-02-03T18:25:58Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T13:21:07Z
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