lífbreytt
Lífbreytt, also known as Icelandic namingdays, is a traditional Icelandic practice where a person's name is celebrated on a specific day of the year in honor of their saint or namesake. The tradition dates back to the pre-Reformation era when the Catholic Church designated specific saints for each day of the year, and the Icelandic calendar, known as the lífbreytt, was created to chronicle these saint days.
The lífbreytt is a calendar that originated in the 16th century and lists the saint days for
While the practice of lífbreytt is still celebrated in Iceland, it has largely fallen out of use