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Saint Anselm of Canterbury ( 1033 or 1034 - April 21, 1109), a widely influential mediaeval philosopher and theologian, held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109. Called the founder of Scholasticism, he is famous as the inventor of the ontological argument for the existence of god.1 Biography
Saint Anselm was born in Aosta, in the then Kingdom of Burgundy, now located in the Italian Alps region of Valle d'Aosta (Aosta Valley), near the borders with France and Switzerland. He left home at the age of twenty three to travel France. In 1059 he was drawn to Normandy by the fame of Lanfranc, then priorPrior can refer to either The head of a priory, a type of monastery. In probability theory, a prior distribution. of the BenedictineThe longest lasting of the western Catholic monastic orders, the Benedictine Order traces its origins to the adoption of the monastic life by St. Benedict of Nursia ( Norcia) in 529. Benedict, founder of the monastery of Monte Cassino between Naples and R Abbey of BecThe Abbey of Bec ( French: Abbaye Notre-Dame du Bec in Normandy, France, is a Benedictine foundation. Its full name is the "Abbey of Notre Dame of Bec-Hellouin". It was founded in 1039 by a monk named Herluin. The abbey is situated in Le Bec-Hellouin, in. The following year he entered the abbeyThis article is about an abbey as a religious building. See also Abbey (bank), Abbey Theatre and Abbey, Saskatchewan An abbey (from the Latin abbatia which is derived from the Syriac abba "father"), is a Christian monastery or convent under the government as a novitiateFor the city in Texas, see Novice, Texas A novitiate (also called a novice is a member of a religious order who has not yet taken his/her vows. Novitiate can also refer to the period of time that someone spends in the order before taking vows. It usually.
Three years later, in 1063Events Anselm of Canterbury becomes prior at Le Bec Sancho I becomes ruler of Aragon Bishopric of Olomouc is founded Births Deaths Constantine III Lichoudas Patriarch of Constantinople Adelaide Havoise daughter of Robert II of France Tughril Beg first lea, when Lanfranc was made the abbot of CaenCaen Region Basse-Normandie Departement Calvados Arrondissement24 cantons287 communes389,973 habitants Cantonschief town of 9 cantons(13 common, 162,707 habitants) HabitantsCaennais Population (1999)117,157 habitants Intercommunality ( 2004) Agglomeration, Anselm was elected prior. In 1078, on the death of the warrior monk Herluin , founder and first abbot of Bec, Anselm was elected abbot. Under his rule Bec became a famous seat of learning, and there Anselm wrote his first philosophical works, the dialogues on Truth and Free Will, and the two famous treatises, the Monologion and Proslogion.
As abbot of Bec, Anselm was frequently called to assist with the abbey's possessions in England. He was considered the favored choice for Archbishop of Canterbury. When the Archbishop Lanfranc died in 1089Events Northumbria divided by the Normans into the counties of Northumberland, County Durham, Yorkshire, Westmorland and Lancashire August 11, powerful earthquake recorded in Britain Coronation of Rama Varma Kulasekhara in Kerala Synod of Melfi under Pope, the king, William II chose instead, not to appoint anyone. Four years later, in 1093 when the king became ill and thought he was soon to die, he finally appointed Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury. During the next four years there was a continual struggle between William and Anselm over the handling of the rights and privileges of the church. He wanted Rome's help in this struggle. In 1097, he managed to gain permission from the king to go. He found little practical help from Rome. When he was ready to return to England, William would not allow him to.
Upon King William's death in 1100 his successor, King Henry I invited Anselm to return to England. He did so and lived in England until he fell out of favor with the king, and was exiled in 1103. He settled this struggle by a compromise with the king in 1107 and was allowed to return to England, where he lived until his death in 1109. He was canonized in 1494 and named a Doctor of the Church in 1720.
