Gissur Teitsson

Gissur Teitsson or Gissur the White was a chieftain or goði in Iceland at the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries.[1] He played a preeminent role in the Christianisation of Iceland.[1]

He was the father of Ísleifur Gissurarson and the grandfather of Gissur Ísleifsson, who served as the first two bishops of Iceland.

Footnotes
  1. Hjálmarsson 2012, p. 30.
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gollark: I mean, I guess it depends on how you define with "you".
gollark: Again, you don't really *choose* beliefs.
gollark: Basically, they have some weird thing going on where they kind of sort of believe it because they kind of sort of believe they'll go to hell otherwise, I think.
gollark: You don't exactly control your beliefs, you know.

References
  • Hjálmarsson, Jón R. (2012). History of Iceland: From the Settlement to the Present Day. FORLAGIĐ. ISBN 978-9979-53-513-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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