Oddi

Oddi at Rangárvellir was a cultural and learning center in South Iceland during the Middle Ages.

[1] [2] [3] For centuries, Oddi (Old Norse: [ˈodːe]) was the central home of the powerful family, Oddaverjar.

The two best known leaders in Oddi were Sæmundur Sigfússon the Learned (1056–1133) and his grandson Jón Loftsson (1124–1197).

The historian Snorri Sturluson (1178–1241) was brought up and educated in Oddi by Jón Loftsson.

[4] [5] Iceland's patron saint Þorlákur Þórhallsson received his education at Oddi from the age of nine (1142–1147) and looked upon the priest Eyjólfur Saemundsson as his foster-father.