Thorlac Thorhallson started the first monastery in Iceland in the 1100s and died on December 23, 1193. On the 1,000th anniversary of the cathedral where St. Thorlac worshiped, the local diocese rebuilt this “new” cathedral in the 1950s.
Thorlac Thorhallson started the first monastery in Iceland in the 1100s and died on December 23, 1193. On the 1,000th anniversary of the cathedral where St. Thorlac worshiped, the local diocese rebuilt this “new” cathedral in the 1950s.