''Páls saga biskups'' (The Saga of bishop Páll) is an
Old Norse account of the life of
Páll Jónsson, bishop of the Icelandic episcopal see
Skálholt.
The saga is recorded in three seventeenth century manuscripts and subsequent copies: Stock. Papp. 4to no 4., AM 204 fol., and AM 205 fol.
In each of these manuscripts, ''Páls saga'' follows ''
Hungrvaka
''Hungrvaka'' ("Hunger-waker") is an Old Norse history of the first five bishops of Skálholt. The text covers the period from the formation of the Icelandic church to 1178. As the text refers to Saint Thorlak (acknowledged 1198), Jón Ögmundsso ...
'' and ''
Þorláks saga helga
''Þorláks saga helga'' (the saga of St Þorlákr) is a saga about Saint Þorlákr Þórhallsson (1133–93) and the main source of evidence for his life.
Versions and attestations
The earliest fragment of the saga is in Latin, surviving most i ...
''.
All three manuscripts are of one version of the text, which is thought to be medieval.
There are apparently no written sources of the text and it is likely that the author knew
Páll Jónsson personally.
Because of similarities in style, the author of ''Páls saga'' is thought to have also written ''Hungrvaka'' and passages of ''Þorláks saga helga''.
The saga is thought to have been written in the early part of the thirteenth century, shortly after Páll Jónsson's death in 1211.
Editions and translations
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References
Bishops' sagas
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