Gissur Teitsson
Icelandic nobleman
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Gissur Teitsson (Old Norse: Gizurr Teitsson [ˈɟɪtˌsʊrː ˈtʰɛitsˌsɔn]; Modern Icelandic: [ˈcɪsːʏr ˈtʰeitsɔn]) 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.
