Ormr Ásláksson Explained

Ormr Ásláksson was Bishop of Hólar, Iceland's northern diocese, from 1343-56.

Biography

Ormr was a Norwegian, who prior to his election had been a canon of the cathedral of Stavanger from at least 1319, in which role he oversaw the collection of the papal tithe under the papal nuncio Pierre Gervais in c. 1333.[1] [2] [3] Ormr succeeded Egill Eyjólfsson (Bishop of Hólar 1332–41) (with Einarr Hafliðason managing the empty seat in between).[1] [4] Ormr is noted for the tempestuous character of his episcopate, which has sometimes been thought to show Icelanders' opposition to Norwegian bishops.[5] During his episcopate, he made an unusual four journeys to Norway, in 1345-46, 1347, 1349–51, and 1355-56.[1] [6] In 1347, Icelandic farmers protested about his governance to the Norwegian king, Haakon VI Magnusson via the Alþingi.[7] However, most of the evidence for opposition to Ormr comes from one source, Einarr Hafliðason, so may not be representative.[1] [8] [3]

Ormr promoted the cult of Guðmundr Arason, arranging for the second translation of his bones in 1344.[1] [4] It was probably under Ormr's auspices that Arngrímr Brandsson composed the D-version of Guðmundar saga biskups.

On his death in 1356, Ormr was succeeded by Jón skalli Eiríksson.

See also

Notes and References

  1. The Church in Fourteenth-Century Iceland. Erika Ruth. Sigurdson. 1 November 2011. etheses.whiterose.ac.uk. phd.
  2. https://academia.edu/1795158/The_Church_in_Fourteenth-Century_Iceland; Susann Anett Pedersen, I kjølvatnet av staðamál: Årsaker til konflikt mellom ’lek og lærd’ på Island ca 1297-1390 (unpublished master's dissertation, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet i Trondheim, 2012), p. 38
  3. Web site: Urn:NBN:no:ntnu:diva-19529 : I kjølvatnet av staðamál : Årsaker til konflikt mellom 'lek og lærd' på Island ca 1297-1390 . 2013-07-12 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084029/http://ntnu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2:570864 . dead .
  4. The Church in Fourteenth-Century Iceland. https://archive.today/20130707093404/http://academia.edu/1795158/The_Church_in_Fourteenth-Century_Iceland. dead. 2013-07-07. Erika. Sigurdson.
  5. e.g. Joanna A. Skórzewska, Constructing a Cult: The Life and Veneration of Guðmundr Arason (1161-1237) in the Icelandic Written Sources, The Northern World, 51 (Leiden: Brill, 2011), p. 236.
  6. https://academia.edu/1795158/The_Church_in_Fourteenth-Century_Iceland; Joanna A. Skórzewska, Constructing a Cult: The Life and Veneration of Guðmundr Arason (1161-1237) in the Icelandic Written Sources, The Northern World, 51 (Leiden: Brill, 2011), pp. 232-34.
  7. http://ntnu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2:570864 Randi Bjøshol Wærdahl, The Incorportation and Integration of the King's Tributary Lands into the Norwegian Realm c. 1195-1397, The Northern World, 53 (Leiden: Brill, 2011), p. 219; Susann Anett Pedersen, I kjølvatnet av staðamál: Årsaker til konflikt mellom ’lek og lærd’ på Island ca 1297-1390 (unpublished master's dissertation, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet i Trondheim, 2012), pp. 54-56
  8. https://academia.edu/1795158/The_Church_in_Fourteenth-Century_Iceland; Susann Anett Pedersen, I kjølvatnet av staðamál: Årsaker til konflikt mellom ’lek og lærd’ på Island ca 1297-1390 (unpublished master's dissertation, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet i Trondheim, 2012), p. 28

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