Páll Jónsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Páll.


Páll Jónsson (1155 – November 29, 1211) was an Icelandic Roman Catholic clergyman, who became the seventh bishop of Iceland from 1195 to 1211. He served in the diocese of Skálholt. His life is recorded in Páls saga biskups.

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Preceded by
Þorlákur helgi Þórhallsson
Bishop of Skálholt
1195–1211
Succeeded by
Magnús Gissurarson


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