Einarr Hafliðason, Lárentíus saga biskups

Ryder Patzuk-Russell (University of Silesia)

Ed. by Ármann Jakobsson, University of Iceland
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.3.4: Icelandic Writing and Culture.
Vol. editors: Ármann Jakobsson (University of Iceland), Nicole Kennedy (University of Newcastle), Sven Hakon Rossel (Universitat Wien), Herbert Rowland (Purdue University), Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen (University College London)

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First circulation or publication c. 1365 - c. 1370

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Iceland (Country of Origin)

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Lárentíus saga biskups

is the Old Icelandic biography of Laurentius Kálfsson (1267-1331), whose long and multifaceted career took him from cathedral schoolmaster to legal advisor to Archbishop Jörundr of Niðarós, ostracized itinerant teacher, Benedictine monk, and, in the last decade of his life, bishop of the northern Icelandic diocese of Hólar. The scholarly consensus has long been that the saga was written by Laurentius’ student, personal deacon, and secretary Einarr Hafliðason (c. 1304-1393), who used excerpts from his own annal, the so-called

Lögmannsannáll

[Lawman’s Annal], for the annalistic passages of the saga. There is consensus on the dating of the saga, but recent work by Embla Aae (2021) has suggested a dating soon after 1365-1370. The saga survives in only two…

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Citation: Patzuk-Russell, Ryder. " Lárentíus saga biskups". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 02 June 2025 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=41337, accessed 20 June 2025.]

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