Þorlákur Runólfsson

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 Þorlákur.

Þorlákur Runólfsson (1086–1133) was an Icelandic clergyman, who became the third bishop of Iceland from 1118 to his death in 1133, following the adoption of Christianity in 1000. He served in the diocese of Skálholt.

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Preceded by
Gissur Ísleifsson;
Bishop of Skálholt
11181133
Succeeded by
Magnús Einarsson


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