Ormr Ásláksson

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

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] Ormr succeeded Egill Eyjólfsson (Bishop of Hólar 1332–41) (with Einarr Hafliðason managing the empty seat in between).[2] Ormr is noted for the tempestuous character of his episcopate, which has sometimes been thought to show Icelanders' opposition to Norwegian bishops.[3] During his episcopate, he made an unusual four journeys to Norway, in 1345-46, 1347, 1349–51, and 1355-56.[4] In 1347, Icelandic farmers protested about his governance to the Norwegian king, Haakon VI Magnusson via the Alþingi.[5] However, most of the evidence for opposition to Ormr comes from one source, Einarr Hafliðason, so may not be representative.[6]

Ormr promoted the cult of Guðmundr Arason, arranging for the second translation of his bones in 1344.[7] 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.

References

  1. ↑ Erika Ruth Sigurdson, 'The Church in Fourteenth-Century Iceland: Ecclesiastical Administration, Literacy, and the Formation of an Elite Clerical Identity' (unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Leeds, 2011), p. 114; http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2610/ http://academia.edu/1795158/The_Church_in_Fourteenth-Century_Iceland; Susann Anett Pedersen, I kjølvatnet av staðamál: Årsaker til konflikt mellom ’lek og lærd’ på Island ca 1297-1390 (unpublished master's dissertation, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet i Trondheim, 2012), p. 38; http://ntnu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2:570864.
  2. ↑ Erika Ruth Sigurdson, 'The Church in Fourteenth-Century Iceland: Ecclesiastical Administration, Literacy, and the Formation of an Elite Clerical Identity' (unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Leeds, 2011), p. 150; http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2610/ http://academia.edu/1795158/The_Church_in_Fourteenth-Century_Iceland.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Erika Ruth Sigurdson, 'The Church in Fourteenth-Century Iceland: Ecclesiastical Administration, Literacy, and the Formation of an Elite Clerical Identity' (unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Leeds, 2011), p. 109; http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2610/ http://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.
  5. ↑ 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; http://ntnu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2:570864.
  6. ↑ Erika Ruth Sigurdson, 'The Church in Fourteenth-Century Iceland: Ecclesiastical Administration, Literacy, and the Formation of an Elite Clerical Identity' (unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Leeds, 2011), pp. 148, 211; http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2610/ http://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 http://ntnu.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2:570864.
  7. ↑ Erika Ruth Sigurdson, 'The Church in Fourteenth-Century Iceland: Ecclesiastical Administration, Literacy, and the Formation of an Elite Clerical Identity' (unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Leeds, 2011), p. 57; http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/2610/ http://academia.edu/1795158/The_Church_in_Fourteenth-Century_Iceland.