Erik Gnupsson or Eiríkr Gnúpsson, also known as Henricus (late 11th to early 12th centuries), may have been a bishop of Greenland.
Very little is known about him.[1] Some considered him as the first bishop of America, residing at Garðar.[2] However, the historical record does not attest to where he held his bishop's seat, and only states that he went in search of Vinland.[3] It cannot be determined from the Icelandic Annals that he went in search of an existing Norse colony in Vinland.[4] The first official bishop in Greenland is Arnald, in 1124.[5]
References
- ^ T. J. Oleson, “EIRIKR GNUPSSON,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003
- ^ Richard H. Clarke (1872): "Lives of the deceased bishops of the Catholic Church of the United States", vol.1, s. 16. Archive.org. 31 December 2014.
- ^ Egmont Zechlin (1935): "Das Problem der vorkolumbischen Entdeckung Amerikas und die Kolumbusforschung", Historische Zeitschrift, p. 15. 03 January 2019.
- ^ Seaver, Kirsten A. (2004). Maps, myths, and men : the story of the Vinland map. Stanford University Press. p. 32.
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