Ríp (which sometimes used to be called Rípur) is a farm and church site in the southeast of

Hegranes Hegranes is the name of the peninsula between the branches of the Héraðsvötn river in Skagafjörður, Iceland. Although Hegranes is called a peninsula (its name is derived from "heron" and "peninsula"), it is actually an island about 15 kilom ...

Skagafjörður Skagafjörður () is a deep fjord and its valley in northern Iceland. Location Skagafjörður, the fjord, is about 40 km long and 15 km wide, situated between Tröllaskagi to the east and the Skagi, Skagi Peninsula to the west. Ther ...

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. is an old word that can be translated to “cliff” or “ridge of a hill.”

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has an analogous name. The first mention of a church in Ríp was in 1318 and there was a

rectory A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of a given religion, serving as both a home and a base for the occupant's ministry. Residences of this type can have a variety of names, such as manse, p ...

there from 1575 to 1907. The pay for priests in Ríp was considered meager and the priests there were considered poorer than their counterparts in other towns. The Icelandic ballad poet

Hannes Bjarnason Hannes Bjarnason (14 January 1777 – 9 November 1838) was an Icelandic priest and poet based in Skagafjörður. He was born in Djúpidalur in Blönduhlíð, the son of Bjarni Eiríksson and his wife Sigríður Jónsdóttir. He graduated from ...

was a priest there from 1829 to 1838. After he died, Reverend Jón Reykjalín succeeded him. The church is now served by a priest who is based in

Hólar Hólar (; also Hólar í Hjaltadal ) is a small community in the Skagafjörður district of northern Iceland. Location Hólar is in the valley Hjaltadalur, some from the national capital of Reykjavík. It has a population of around 100. It is t ...

. The current church was built in 1924.

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