Jón Halldórsson

Laurentius saga has him as one of Iceland's two best Latinists at his time, as fluent in Latin as in his mother-tongue.^[2] He was elected bishop following Grímr Skútuson and consecrated on 1 August 1322 but did not arrive in Iceland until the following year. He was noted for bringing the Icelandic Church more closely into line with canon law and for his skill as a preacher and storyteller; the introduction to Klári saga claims that it is based on a Latin romance discovered by Jón in France, and there is a strong case that Jón indeed produced the saga,^[3] while Jón's fame as a gatherer of stories is clear from Laurentius saga.^[4]