Páls saga biskups (The Saga of bishop Páll) is an Old Norse account of the life of Páll Jónsson, bishop of the Icelandic episcopal see Skálholt.
[1] The saga is recorded in three seventeenth century manuscripts and subsequent copies: Stock.
[1] All three manuscripts are of one version of the text, which is thought to be medieval.
[1] There are apparently no written sources of the text and it is likely that the author knew Páll Jónsson personally.
[1] The saga is thought to have been written in the early part of the thirteenth century, shortly after Páll Jónsson's death in 1211.