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[All]: Although he was never a lawspeaker, Jón Loptsson was the most powerful chieftain in Iceland in his day. His dealings with the Church are described in Oddaverja þáttr (Byskupa sögur 1953, I, 131-54). See also Halldór Hermannsson 1932b.