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| Date startStart date of the disease. | 1211 | + |
| Date endEnd date of the disease. | + | |
| SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter) | ||
| Date otherOther mentioned dates. | ||
| PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease. | Westfjords | |
| RegionHistorical region(s) | ||
| CountryCurrent country | Iceland | |
| RiverMentioned river(s) | ||
| Natural eventMentioned natural event(s) | ||
| PersonMentioned persons(s) | ||
| GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned | ||
| VictimIndication of victims | + | |
| AnimalMentioned animal(s) | ||
| DiseaseMentioned disease(s) | ||
| Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave | ||
| Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease | ||
| LanguageLanguage of the original text | Icelandic | |
| KeywordFurther keyword(s) | Mortality | |
| last edited | 19. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot. |
19th-cent. summary of a cartulary of the church of Álftamýrar in the Icelandic Westfjords on a mortal disease of the Bishop Páll Jónsson (b. 1155) in 1211
Text originalOriginal text
Þessi máldagi er svo forn, að hann verðr varla talinn ýngri en frá tíma Páls biskups Jónssonar, og er þá sennilegast að heimfæra hann til þess árs, þegar Páll biskup fór yfir Vestfirðínga fjórðúng; en þetta var árið 1211, svo sem segir í sögu hans [...]). Í þessari ferð tók hann banasótt, og komst nauðulega til Hítardals, þar lá hann nálega fjórar vikur, og komst heim í Skálholt þrem nóttum fjrir Símonsmessu (25. Oktbr.). Þó reis hann aptr úr rekkju og las messu seinast á ahraheilagra messu dag (1. Novbr,), en nokkrum dögum seinna sló honum niðr aptr, og andaðist hann í Skálholti 29. Novbr. 1211.
Text translationEnglish translation of the text
This cartulary is so old that it can hardly be considered younger than the time of Bishop Páll Jónsson, and it is most likely to be attributed to the year when Bishop Páll crossed the quarter of the Westfjords; and this was in the year 1211, as it says in his story (Páls biskpus saga ch. 17; Bisk. s. I, 141). During this trip, he caught a mortal illness, and had to come to Hítardalur, where he lay for almost four weeks, and came home to Skálholt three nights before Simon's Mass (25 October). However, he got up again from his bed and read Mass last on All Saints' Day (1 November), but a few days later he fell down again, and he died in Skálholt on 29 November 1211.
