Hallbera belonged to a wealthy and powerful Icelandic family. She was the daughter of Abbot Þorsteinn Halldórsson of Hestur and later Stórólfshvoll and Ingigerður Filippusdóttir of the Oddaverjar. Her sister, Guðrún Þorsteinsdóttir, was married to the chieftain Kolbeinn Bjarnason, but Hallbera's marital status prior to taking the habit is not mentioned in contemporary sources. She could have lived as a financially independent widow before turning to a religious life, as was not uncommon for aristocratic women in Iceland at the time. In 1295, Hallbera donated vast lands to the foundation of a convent for nuns of the order of Saint Benedict. This was to be one of only two convents open to females in medieval Iceland, both of which were closed during the Reformation.
Hallbera is known to have served as abbess of Reynistaðarklaustur from at least 1299 (until her death), but scholars Ármann Jakobsson and Ásdís Egilsdóttir also identify her as the "Sister Katrín" who was Reynistaðarklaustur's first abbess, arguing that Katrín was Hallbera's religious name. Sister Katrín otherwise served as abbess for only one year before vanishing from all sources. If Hallbera and Sister Kristín are the same person, then she lived at Munkaþverá as a nun or anchorite prior to the founding of Reynistaðarklaustur and was an educated and literate woman for whom the religious name Katrín (Catherine) would have been highly appropriate.
Hallbera had a close professional relationship to the Bishops of Holar, Auðunn rauði Þorbergsson and Lárentíus Kálfsson, who respected her opinion. The latter dedicated several poems to her.
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Ármann Jakobsson and Ásdís Egilsdóttir, “Abbadísin sem hvarf,” in Þúsund og eitt orð sagt Sigurgeiri Steingrímssyni fimmtugum 2. október 1993 (Reykjavík: Menningar- og minningarsjóður Mette Magnussen, 1993), 7–9.
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hallbera, Þorsteinsdóttir, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, october, 2019, le. This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations October 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message This is an Icelandic name The last name is matronymic not a family name this person is referred to by the given name Hallbera Hallbera THorsteinsdottir died 1330 Old Norse ˈhɑlːˌberɑ ˈ8orˌstɛinsˌdoːtːez Modern Icelandic ˈhatl ˌpɛːra ˈ8ɔrˌsteinsˌtouhtɪr was the founder and abbess of the convent Reynistadarklaustur of the Benedictine order on Iceland Hallbera belonged to a wealthy and powerful Icelandic family She was the daughter of Abbot THorsteinn Halldorsson of Hestur and later Storolfshvoll and Ingigerdur Filippusdottir of the Oddaverjar Her sister Gudrun THorsteinsdottir was married to the chieftain Kolbeinn Bjarnason but Hallbera s marital status prior to taking the habit is not mentioned in contemporary sources She could have lived as a financially independent widow before turning to a religious life as was not uncommon for aristocratic women in Iceland at the time In 1295 Hallbera donated vast lands to the foundation of a convent for nuns of the order of Saint Benedict This was to be one of only two convents open to females in medieval Iceland both of which were closed during the Reformation Hallbera is known to have served as abbess of Reynistadarklaustur from at least 1299 until her death but scholars Armann Jakobsson and Asdis Egilsdottir also identify her as the Sister Katrin who was Reynistadarklaustur s first abbess arguing that Katrin was Hallbera s religious name Sister Katrin otherwise served as abbess for only one year before vanishing from all sources If Hallbera and Sister Kristin are the same person then she lived at Munkathvera as a nun or anchorite prior to the founding of Reynistadarklaustur and was an educated and literate woman for whom the religious name Katrin Catherine would have been highly appropriate Hallbera had a close professional relationship to the Bishops of Holar Audunn raudi THorbergsson and Larentius Kalfsson who respected her opinion The latter dedicated several poems to her References editSources edit Reynistadarklaustur Timarit Hins islenska bokmenntafelags 8 arg 1887 Reynistadarklaustur Sunnudagsblad Timans 6 agust 1967 Sigridur Gunnarsdottir Nunnuklaustrid ad Reynistad Smarit Byggdasafns Skagfirdinga Armann Jakobsson and Asdis Egilsdottir Abbadisin sem hvarf in THusund og eitt ord sagt Sigurgeiri Steingrimssyni fimmtugum 2 oktober 1993 Reykjavik Menningar og minningarsjodur Mette Magnussen 1993 7 9 You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Icelandic January 2014 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the Icelandic article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Icelandic Wikipedia article at is Hallbera THorsteinsdottir see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated is Hallbera THorsteinsdottir to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation Portals nbsp Biography nbsp Catholicism nbsp Iceland Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hallbera THorsteinsdottir amp oldid 1042082858, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
