Páll Jónsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Páll.

Páll Jónsson (Old Norse: [ˈpɑːlː ˈjoːnsˌson], Modern Icelandic: [ˈpʰautl̥ ˈjounsɔn]; 1155 – November 29, 1211) was an Icelandic Roman Catholic clergyman, who became the seventh bishop of Iceland from 1195 to 1211. He served in the diocese of Skálholt. His life is recorded in Páls saga biskups.

Páll was a descendant of the Oddaverjar family clan.

He is known as a patron of the celebrated artist Margret hin haga (Margaret the Dextrous).

See also

• List of Skálholt bishops