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Jon Arason was Bishop of Holar and the last Catholic bishop of Iceland before the Reformation. He was executed at Skalholt in 1550 together with two of his sons.
Jón Arason var síðasti kaþólski biskup Íslands fyrir siðaskiptin.
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Jón Arason sat á biskupsstóli á Hólum og barðist gegn framgangi siðaskiptanna. Aftaka hans í Skálholti árið 1550 markaði þáttaskil í íslenskri kirkjusögu.