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Iceland converted to Christianity in AD 999. For the next half-century the country was served by missionary bishops from England and Germany. The first known native Icelandic priest—and also the first native bishop—was Isleifr Gizurarson. He founded a school at Skalholt, which became the seat of the southern diocese. In 1106, a separate see was established at Holar to serve the northern part of the country, with Jon Ogmundarson as its first bishop. Ambrosius saga was certainly known to the author of Guðmundar saga . In three specific places—at birth, in childhood, in young adulthood—there are echoes of incidents in the Life of St Ambrose. Last bishop is Laurentius Kalfsson. Laurentius saga was written in the fourteenth century and is clearly influenced by hagiographic conventions, especially in the part dealing with Laurentius's birth and childhood. The life of Þorlakr, Iceland’s first saint, owes very little to the European hagiographical tradition. Keywords: European hagiographic tradition; Guðmundr’s childhood; Icelandic Bishops; Jon Ogmundarson; Laurentius' birth
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