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{{Location map|Greenland|lat_dir=N|lat_deg=60|lat_min=59|lat_sec=27|lon_dir=W|lon_deg=45|lon_min=25|lon_sec=09|width=300|caption=Location within [[Greenland]]|label=Garðar}}
'''Garðar''' was the
==Diocese of Garðar==
In the [[saga]]s it is told that Sokki Þórisson, a wealthy farmer of the [[Brattahlíð]] area launched the idea of a separate [[bishop]] for Greenland in the early 12th century. He got the approval of the Norwegian King.
The diocese was first assigned to the [[Archbishopric of Bremen]]. The diocese of Garðar was subject to the Archbishop of Lund from 1126-1152. In 1152 the diocese of Greenland, as well as those of [[Iceland]], the [[Isle of Man]], the [[Orkney Islands]], the [[Faroer Islands]] became subject to the newly-established [[Archdiocese of Nidaros]].<ref>[http://antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/buckland315/index.html ''Land management at the bishop's seat, Garðar'' (Antiquity)]</ref>
Bishop Arnaldur
The next bishop, Þór Helgi, arrived in Greenland in 1212 and was bishop until his death in 1230. In 1234 Nikulás was ordained, but he arrived in Greenland only in 1239. He died in 1242. Ólafur was ordained in the same year, but arrived only in 1247. He remained bishop until the mid 1280s. He was abroad from 1264–1280, thus hardly serving in his own diocese. The next bishop was Þór Bokki who stayed in Garðar from 1289 until his return to [[Norway]] in 1309.
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The next one to serve was bishop Árni, who served from 1315-1347. Due to the poor communication between Greenland and Norway, it was assumed that he had died and a new bishop (Jón Skalli) was ordained in 1343. When it was discovered that the bishop was still alive, he resigned and never went to Greenland.
After the death of bishop Árni in 1347 it took a long time for the next bishop to arrive, mainly due to the worsening communications. Bishop Álfur was ordained in 1368 and served as last bishop of Garðar until 1378. The Greenland diocese disappeared in the 1400s, when the ship departures from Norway stopped.<ref>[http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~Marc-Carlson/history/grontime.html ''History of Medieval Greenland'']</ref>
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==Modern Day==
Presently the settlement of [[Igaliku]] is situated on the same location. The site has been the subject of archaeological investigations since the 1830s.The cathedral has been the primary target of much of the archaeological work and was fully excavated in 1926 by Danish archaeologist [
Many ruins of the Norse settlements can still be seen in Igaliku today. The ruins mostly consist of the stone foundations of the walls in their original positions so that the extent of the settlement, both individual buildings and collectively, can be determined and understood. The main ruin is of the Garðar [[Cathedral]], a cross-shaped church built of sandstone in the 12th century. The maximum length is 27 m, the width 16 m. There are also two large barns on the site with the capacity to have held up to 160 cows. The see ran the largest farm in Greenland.<ref>[http://www.rudyfoto.com/grl/greenlandvikings.html ''The Ruins of Gardar'' (Greenlandic Vikings, Past And Present)]</ref>
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*Diamond, J. ''Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed'' (pg.232, Viking Press, 2005) ISBN 0-670-03337-5
*Albrethsen, S.E., and J. Arneborg ''Norse ruins of the southern Paamiut and Ivittuut region'' (The Greenland Research Center at the Danish National Museum and Danish Polar Center, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2004)
==External links==
*[http://dk.nanoq.gl/~/media/a803fb7312374424b4c00d73702f7f39.ashx Grønland i middelalderen fra landnam til undergang]
{{Abandoned sites in Greenland}}
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