# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/saint-thorlak
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:46:50.060Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/saint-thorlak"
name: "Saint Thorlak"
slug: "saint-thorlak"
description: "Thorlak Thorhallsson is the patron saint of Iceland. He was Bishop of Skálholt from 1178 until his death. Thorlak's relics were translated to the Cathedral of Skalholt in 1198, not long after his successor, Páll Jónsson, announced at the Althing that vows could be made to Thorlak."
tagline: "Icelandic Roman Catholic prelate and saint"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saint_Thorlakur.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
birthDate: "1133"
deathDate: "1193-12-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.68
  momentum:             2.784810126582279
  historical:           17.80792533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Torlako"
    title: "San Torlako"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "القديس ثورلاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorl%C3%A1kur_%C3%9E%C3%B3rhallsson"
    title: "Þorlákur Þórhallsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%98%CF%89%CF%81%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81_%CE%98%CF%8E%CF%81%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%83%CE%BF%CE%BD"
    title: "Θωρλάκουρ Θώρχαλσον"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Thorlak"
    title: "Saint Thorlak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorlaco"
    title: "Thorlaco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorlak_Thorhallsson"
    title: "Thorlak Thorhallsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tollakur_T%C3%B3rhalsson"
    title: "Tollakur Tórhalsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorlak"
    title: "Thorlak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szent_Thorlak"
    title: "Szent Thorlak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torlak_Torhallsson"
    title: "Torlak Torhallsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorl%C3%A1kur_helgi_%C3%9E%C3%B3rhallsson"
    title: "Þorlákur helgi Þórhallsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torlaco"
    title: "Torlaco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Eorl%C3%A1kur_%C3%9E%C3%B3rhallsson"
    title: "Þorlákur Þórhallsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorl%C3%A1kr_Thorhallsson"
    title: "Thorlákr Thorhallsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torlak_(%C5%9Bwi%C4%99ty)"
    title: "Torlak (święty)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torlaco_da_Isl%C3%A2ndia"
    title: "Torlaco da Islândia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA"
    title: "Святой Торлак"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torlak_(helgon)"
    title: "Torlak (helgon)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torlaki"
    title: "Torlaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Торлак Торгальссон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/176ba712-1036-4421-91aa-42fadcb34d29"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335609"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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