Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Gissur Einarsson (c. 1512 – 24 March 1548) was a bishop in Skálholt from 1540 to his death, and the first Lutheran bishop in Iceland.Gissur was the son of Einar Sigvaldason on Hraun í Landbroti and of Gunnhildur Jónsdóttir. He attended Skálholt's school where he was instructed by bishop Ögmundur Pálsson and went to study further at Hamburg, where he discovered Protestantism. He was made a priest shortly after he came back to Iceland, and Ögmundur chose him as his successor in 1539.. }
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- Gissur_Einarsson comment "Gissur Einarsson (c. 1512 – 24 March 1548) was a bishop in Skálholt from 1540 to his death, and the first Lutheran bishop in Iceland.Gissur was the son of Einar Sigvaldason on Hraun í Landbroti and of Gunnhildur Jónsdóttir. He attended Skálholt's school where he was instructed by bishop Ögmundur Pálsson and went to study further at Hamburg, where he discovered Protestantism. He was made a priest shortly after he came back to Iceland, and Ögmundur chose him as his successor in 1539.".