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Anselm, Saint Confessor , Doctor of the Church , born Aosta, Italy , 1033; died Canterbury , England , 1109. He entered the monastery at Bec, studied under Lanfranc, and was made prior, 1063, and abbot, 1078. After the death of Lanfranc, Anselm succeeded him as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1093. This see having been … Continue reading “Anselm, Saint (1)”

Anselm of Lucca, Saint Bishop (c.1036 -1086 ), called The Younger to distinguish him from his uncle, Pope Alexander II , born Mantua, Italy ; died there. Made Bishop of Lucca by his uncle, he accepted lay investiture from Henry IV of Germany , and in remorse became a Benedictine . Gregory VII ordered him … Continue reading “Anselm of Lucca, Saint”

Anselm of Lucca (the Younger), Saint Born at Mantua c. 1036; d. in the same city, 18 March, 1086. He was nephew of Anselm of Lucca, the Elder, who ascended the Papal throne as Alexander II in 1061. In the year 1071 Alexander II designated Anselm as Bishop of Lucca and sent him to Germany … Continue reading “Anselm of Lucca (the Younger), Saint”

Anselm of Lige A Belgian chronicler of the eleventh century, b. 1008; d. about 1056. He was educated at the famous episcopal school of Liège, and became canon and dean of the cathedral, where he enjoyed the friendship of the bishop, Wazo. His chronicle, regarded as one of the best of the period, both for … Continue reading “Anselm of Liège”

Anselm of Laon (ANSELMUS LAUDINENSIS.) Died 15 July, 1117, one of the famous theologians of the Middle Ages, known from his learning as Doctor Scholasticus. He was educated at the abbey of Bee, under St. Anselm of Canterbury, who made him acquainted with the new scholastic theology. From 1076 he taught for a while with … Continue reading “Anselm of Laon”

Anselm Of Canterbury (commonly called St. Anselm) was born at Aosta, a town of the Alps, in Savoy, A.D. 1033. He was treated harshly by his father, and traveled early into France, and afterward into Normandy,where he took the monastic habit in 1060, at Bec, where Lanfranc, afterward archbishop I of Canterbury, was prior. Three … Continue reading “Anselm Of Canterbury”

Anselm, Nicholas SEE ASCELIN. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Anselm St., called Baduarius after the name of his family (Badagio), was born at Milan, 1036. He succeeded, in 1061, his uncle, Pope Alexander II, as bishop of Lucca, which see he resigned in order to be. come a monk at Clugny. He returned to his see at the express order of Pope Gregory VI, … Continue reading “Anselm (6)”

Ansegisus, Saint Abbot (c.770-c.833). A Benedictine of Fontenelle, he was entrusted by Charlemagne and later Louis le Dbonnaire with the reform and restoration of the monasteries of Saint Sixtus, Saint Memius, Flay, and Luxeuil. Becoming Abbot of Fontenelle he made this monastery famous for learning, discipline, and its library. He divided among various monasteries the … Continue reading “Ansegisus, Saint”

Ansegisus Archbishop of Sens; d. 25 November 879, or 883. He was a Benedictine monk, Abbot of St. Michael’s, at Beauvais, and in 871 became Archbishop of Sens. After Charles the Bald was crowned Emperor by Pope John VIII, he asked the Pope to appoint Ansegisus papal legate and primate over Gaul and Germany. With … Continue reading “Ansegisus”