John I (bishop of Orkney)

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title: John I (bishop of Orkney)
text: John was an 11th-century prelate. According to the Saxon writer Adam of Bremen, historian of the archbishops of Hamburg, John was sent to Orkney by Adalbert, Archbishop of Hamburg, to succeed Thorulf as Bishop of Orkney. According to Adam, he had previously been consecrated as a bishop in "Scotland". Three other figures may or may not represent the same person as John. He is possibly the same bishop as the Jon Irski who had been bishop in Iceland for four years, around 1050. Another figure with
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