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    The Diocese of Skálholt (Icelandic: Skálholtsbiskupa [ˈskaulˌhɔl(t)sˌpɪskʏpa]) is a suffragan diocese of the Church of Iceland. It was the estate of the...
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    gathering of structures. Adam of Bremen, writing circa 1075, described Skálholt (Scaldholz) as the "largest city" in Iceland. First the diocese of Skálholt was...
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  • 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...
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    Bishop of Skálholt, currently Kristján Björnsson. Even though the cathedral contains the seat of the bishop, Skálholt is no longer a diocese in its own...
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  • bishop of Iceland from 1216 to 1237. He served in the diocese of Skálholt. Magnús Gissurarson was married and had two sons. List of Skálholt bishops...
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    patron saint of Iceland. He was Bishop of Skálholt from 1178 until his death. Thorlak's relics were translated to the Cathedral of Skalholt in 1198, not...
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  • of Iceland's two medieval dioceses of Skálholt and Hólar. Hungrvaka (short biographies of the first five bishops of Skálholt, 1056–1176) Þorláks saga helga...
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    varied pattern. The two dioceses of Iceland were divided along the farthing division in 1106 such that the diocese of Skálholt extended over three farthings...
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    and in 1153 it became a part of the province of Nidaros. Iceland was divided into two dioceses, Skálholt, established 1056, and Holar in 1106. These continued...
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    Reformation, there were two dioceses in Iceland, the Diocese of Skálholt (first bishop, Ísleifur Gissurarson, 1056), and the Diocese of Hólar (first bishop,...
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