Anselm
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Anselm may refer to any of several historical figures, or their works:
- Saint Anselm, Duke of FriuliAnselm, Duke of FriuliSaint Anselm of Friuli, O.S.B., was a medieval abbot, and later canonized, originally a Lombard nobleman. He was the first abbot of Nonantola....
, 8th-century Abbot of Nonantula - Anselm of FarfaAnselm of FarfaAnselm was the Abbot of Farfa between 881 and 883, succeeding John I. His short abbacy is reasonably well-sourced compared to the string of five abbots following him, beginning with Teuto, who were extremely obscure figures even to Gregory of Catino, the abbey's historian of the eleventh...
(died 883), abbot - Anselm II (Archbishop of Milan) (died 896)
- Anselm of LiègeAnselm of LiègeAnselm of Liège was a chronicler of the eleventh century of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège.He was educated at the episcopal school of Liège, and became canon and dean of the cathedral, where he enjoyed the friendship of the bishop of Liège, Wazo...
(1008-1056), chronicler - Anselm III (Archbishop of Milan) (died 1093)
- Saint Anselm of LuccaAnselm of LuccaSaint Anselm of Lucca , called the Younger or Anselm II to distinguish him from his uncle, was an Italian bishop, a prominent figure in the Investiture Controversy and in the fighting in Central Italy between the forces of Countess Matilda of Tuscany, the papal champion, and those of Henry IV,...
(c.1036 - 1086) - Anselm IV (Archbishop of Milan) (died 1101)
- Saint Anselm of CanterburyAnselm of CanterburyAnselm of Canterbury , also called of Aosta for his birthplace, and of Bec for his home monastery, was a Benedictine monk, a philosopher, and a prelate of the church who held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109...
(c.1033 - 1109), Archbishop of Canterbury, philosopher and theologian,- or his ontological argumentOntological argumentThe ontological argument for the existence of God is an a priori argument for the existence of God. The ontological argument was first proposed by the eleventh-century monk Anselm of Canterbury, who defined God as the greatest possible being we can conceive...
for the existence of God
- or his ontological argument
- Anselm of LaonAnselm of LaonAnselm of Laon was a French theologian and founder of a school of scholars who helped to pioneer biblical hermeneutics.Remembered in the century after his death as "Anselmus" or "Anselm", his name was more properly "Ansellus" or, in Modern French, "Anseau."Born of very humble parents at Laon...
(died 1117), Medieval theologian - Anselm V (Archbishop of Milan) (died 1136)
- Anselm of St SabaAnselm of St SabaAnselm was a medieval Bishop of London elect as well as Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds.-Life:Anselm was a nephew of Anselm of Canterbury and a monk of Chiusi. He was also abbot of Saint Saba monastery in Rome and a papal legate to England from 1115 to 1119. In 1121 he was elected Abbot of Bury St....
(died 1148), Bishop of London - Anselm of HavelbergAnselm of HavelbergAnselm of Havelberg was a German bishop and statesman, and a secular and religious ambassador to Constantinople. He was a Premonstratensian, a defender of his order and a critic of the monastic life of his time, and a theorist of Christian history...
(c.1100-1158), German papal legate - Anselm FeuerbachAnselm FeuerbachAnselm Feuerbach was a German painter. He was the leading classicist painter of the German 19th-century school.-Biography:...
(1829-1880), German painter - Anselm KieferAnselm KieferAnselm Kiefer is a German painter and sculptor. He studied with Joseph Beuys and Peter Dreher during the 1970s. His works incorporate materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead, and shellac...
(born 1945), German painter and sculptor - Saint Anselm CollegeSaint Anselm CollegeSaint Anselm College is a nationally ranked, private, Benedictine, Catholic liberal arts college in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Founded in 1889 by Abbot Hilary Pfrängle, O.S.B. of Saint Mary's Abbey in Newark, New Jersey, at the request of Bishop Denis M. Bradley of Manchester, New Hampshire, the...
, a nationally ranked liberal arts college in the United States