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Thread #158223 Message #3740585
Posted By: Ed T
29-Sep-15 - 07:29 AM
Thread Name: BS: The Pope in America
Subject: RE: BS: The Pope in America
""Eirikr rauði Þorvaldsson (approx. 950-1003 AD) was called Erik the Red because of his red beard and hair and perhaps also because of his fiery temper.
It is said that he was a particularly hot-headed fellow who, after being exiled from first Norway and later Iceland for murder, and finally settled in Greenland.""