Lanfranc
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Lanfranc (1005 1010 – 24 May 1089) was an Italian-born English churchman, monk and scholar. Born in Italy, he moved to Normandy to become a Benedictine monk at Bec. He served successively as prior of Bec Abbey and abbot of St Stephen's Abbey in Caen, Normandy and then as Archbishop of Canterbury in England, following its conquest by William the Conqueror. He is also variously known as (), (), and (). In his lifetime, he was regarded as the greatest theologian of his generation.
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Lanfranc was a male Italian philosopher, Catholic priest, jurist, and archbishop born in Pavia in 1005. He was a member of the Benedictines religious order and served as a prior. Lanfranc wrote in medieval Latin and is described by sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. His notable works include *Opera quae supersunt omnia*, *A Middle English version of Lanfranc's Chirurgia parva*, and *Lanfranco contro Berengario nel Liber de corpore et sanguine Domini*.
He was consecrated by William the Norman, Walkelin, Siward, and Remigius de Fécamp. Lanfranc’s students included Anselm of Canterbury and Ivo of Chartres. He died in Canterbury on 1089-05-28 and was buried in Canterbury Cathedral. His feast day is observed on May 28. Lanfranc holds the canonization status of blessed within the Catholic Church.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1005?
- Died
- 1089
- Works
- 14
Top works
- Opera quae supersunt omnia
- A Middle English version of Lanfranc's Chirurgia parva
- Beati Lanfranci, Archiepisopi Cantuariensis, Opera quae supersunt omnia
- ... Opera omnia, quae reperiri potuerunt
- Lanfranco contro Berengario nel Liber de corpore et sanguine Domini
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Key facts
- Christian leader.type
- archbishop
- Christian leader.name
- Lanfranc
- Christian leader.archbishop_of
- Archbishop of Canterbury
- Christian leader.image
- Lanfrancstatuecanterburycathedraloutside.jpg
- Christian leader.caption
- Statue of Lanfranc from the exterior of Canterbury Cathedral
- Christian leader.appointed
- August 1070
- Christian leader.ended
- 24 May 1089
- Christian leader.predecessor
- Stigand
- Christian leader.successor
- Anselm of Canterbury
- Christian leader.consecration
- 15 August 1070
- Christian leader.other_post
- Abbot of Saint-Étienne, Caen
- Christian leader.birth_date
- between 1005 and 1010
- Christian leader.birth_place
- Pavia, Holy Roman Empire
- Christian leader.death_date
- 24 May 1089 (aged 79-84)
- Christian leader.death_place
- Canterbury, Kingdom of England
- Christian leader.buried
- Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, England
- Christian leader.nationality
- Italian
- Christian leader.religion
- Catholic Church
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Pavia
- Place of death
- Canterbury
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- medieval Latin
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Lanfrancstatuecanterburycathedraloutside.jpg
- Religious order
- Benedictines
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- date of death
- 1089-05-28
- date of birth
- 1005-00-00
- student
- Ivo of Chartres
- Commons category
- Lanfranc of Pavia
- place of burial
- Canterbury Cathedral
- ethnic group
- Italians
- feast day
- May 28
- writing language
- medieval Latin
- canonization status
- blessed
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Lanfranc, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Teacher and scholar
- Prior and abbot
- Archbishop of Canterbury
- Beatification and the cause for canonisation
- Modern commemoration
- Sources
- See also
- Citations
- References
- Further reading
Lanfranc (1005 1010 – 24 May 1089) was an Italian-born English churchman, monk and scholar. Born in Italy, he moved to Normandy to become a Benedictine monk at Bec. He served successively as prior of Bec Abbey and abbot of St Stephen's Abbey in Caen, Normandy and then as Archbishop of Canterbury in England, following its conquest by William the Conqueror. He is also variously known as (), (), and (). In his lifetime, he was regarded as the greatest theologian of his generation.
==Early life== Lanfranc was born in the early years of the 11th century at Pavia, where later tradition held that his father, Hanbald, held a rank broadly equivalent to magistrate. He was orphaned at an early age.
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