Erik Gnupsson Explained

Erik Gnupsson or Eiríkr Gnúpsson, also known as Henricus (late 11th to early 12th centuries), may have been a bishop of Greenland.

Very little is known about him.^[1] Some considered him as the first bishop of America, residing at Garðar.^[2] However, the historical record does not attest to where he held his bishop's seat, and only states that he went in search of Vinland.^[3] It cannot be determined from the Icelandic Annals that he went in search of an existing Norse colony in Vinland.^[4] The first official bishop in Greenland is Arnald, in 1124.^[5]

Notes and References

1. http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/eirikr_gnupsson_1F.html T. J. Oleson, “EIRIKR GNUPSSON,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
2. Richard H. Clarke (1872): "Lives of the deceased bishops of the Catholic Church of the United States", vol.1, s. 16. Archive.org. 31 December 2014.
3. Phillip Pulsiano, Paul Leonard Acker (1993): "Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia", p. 241. 03 January 2019.
4. Egmont Zechlin (1935): "Das Problem der vorkolumbischen Entdeckung Amerikas und die Kolumbusforschung", Historische Zeitschrift, p. 15. 03 January 2019.
5. Book: Seaver, Kirsten A. . Maps, myths, and men : the story of the Vinland map . Stanford University Press . 2004 . 32.