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Skálholt (Modern Icelandic: [ˈskaulˌhɔl̥t]; Old Norse: Skálaholt [ˈskɑːlɑˌholt]) is a
historical site in the
south of Iceland, at the
river Hvítá. Skálholt...
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Skálholt Cathedral (Icelandic: Skálholtsdómkirkja) is a
Church of
Iceland cathedral church. The
church is the
official church of the
Bishop of Skálholt...
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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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first woman to hold this position. The
church has two
suffragan sees,
Skálholt and Hólar,
whose bishops are
suffragans or ****istant
bishops to the Bishop...
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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...
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Other stops include the Kerið
volcanic crater, the town of Hveragerði,
Skálholt cathedral, and the
Nesjavellir and ****isheiðarvirkjun
geothermal power...
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earliest map of
Vinland was
drawn by
Sigurd Stefansson, a
schoolmaster at
Skalholt, Iceland,
around 1570,
which placed Vinland somewhere that can be Chesapeake...
- 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...
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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...
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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...