Gissur Teitsson ( Modern Icelandic: [ˈcɪsːˌʏːr ˈtʰeitsˌsɔːn]) or Gissur the White was a chieftain or goði in Iceland at the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries. [1] He played a preeminent role in the Christianisation of Iceland. [1]
He was the father of Ísleifur Gissurarson and the grandfather of Gissur Ísleifsson, who served as the first two bishops of Iceland.
Gissur Teitsson ( Modern Icelandic: [ˈcɪsːˌʏːr ˈtʰeitsˌsɔːn]) or Gissur the White was a chieftain or goði in Iceland at the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries. [1] He played a preeminent role in the Christianisation of Iceland. [1]
He was the father of Ísleifur Gissurarson and the grandfather of Gissur Ísleifsson, who served as the first two bishops of Iceland.