Jón Ögmundsson
Icelandic bishop
Feast: 23 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Jón Ögmundsson or Ögmundarson (Latin: Ioannes Ögmundi filius; 1052–23 April 1121), also known as John of Hólar and St. Jón Ögmundarson or Ögmundsson (Icelandic: Jón helgi Ögmundarson/Ögmundsson), was an Icelandic Catholic bishop. In 1106, the second Icelandic diocese, Hólar, was created in the north of Iceland, and Jón was appointed its first bishop. He served as bishop there until his death.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q522391 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Jón Ögmundsson (CC BY-SA)
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