Árni Þorláksson (1237 – 17 April 1298;

Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...

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clergyman, who became the tenth

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(1269–1298). He served in the diocese of

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. Árni had orders from his superior in Norway to take control of local church property away from secular chieftains. He was largely successful in this.

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13th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Iceland Icelandic Roman Catholic bishops Thorlaksson, Arni Thorlaksson, Arni {{Iceland-RC-bishop-stub

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