# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gissur-isleifsson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:36:57.225Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gissur-isleifsson"
name: "Gissur Ísleifsson"
slug: "gissur-isleifsson"
description: "Gissur Ísleifsson was an Icelandic clergyman who, in 1082, became the second Catholic bishop of Iceland in the aftermath of the adoption of Christianity by the island's inhabitants.\nHe followed in the footsteps of his father, Ísleifur Gissurarson (1006–1080), Iceland's first bishop, who established the initial episcopal see at the family homestead in Skálholt and served from 1056 until his death in 1080, Gissur Ísleifsson continued his mission at Skálholt for the next 36 years, with his own death coming in the year 1118."
tagline: "Icelandic priest"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/SkalholtInWinter.jpg/330px-SkalholtInWinter.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1042"
deathDate: "1118"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.3
  momentum:             6.38095238095238
  historical:           10.27134666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gissur_%C3%8Dsleifsson"
    title: "Gissur Ísleifsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gissur_%C3%8Dsleifsson"
    title: "Gissur Ísleifsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gissur_%C3%8Dsleifsson"
    title: "Gissur Ísleifsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gissur_%C3%8Dsleifsson"
    title: "Gissur Ísleifsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gissur_%C3%8Dsleifsson"
    title: "Gissur Ísleifsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gizurr_%C3%8Dsleifsson"
    title: "Gizurr Ísleifsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gissur_%C3%8Dsleifsson"
    title: "Gissur Ísleifsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gissur_%C3%8Dsleifsson"
    title: "Gissur Ísleifsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gissurus_Isleifi_filius"
    title: "Gissurus Isleifi filius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gissur_%C3%8Dsleifsson"
    title: "Gissur Ísleifsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gissuro_de_Sk%C3%A1lholt"
    title: "Gissuro de Skálholt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D1%86%D1%83%D1%80_%D0%98%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B2%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Гицур Ислейвссон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1364802"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump