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.
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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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A New Type of Thermally Induced Spin Transition Associated with an Equatorial .dblarw. Axial Conversion in a Copper(II)-Nitroxide Cluster
· 1995 · cited 170x
- Control of the structural dimensionality in hydrogen-bonded self-assemblies of open-shell molecules. Extension of intermolecular ferromagnetic interactions in α-phenyl nitronyl nitroxide radicals into three dimensions
· 1995 · cited 121x
- Spin-Transition and Ferromagnetic Interactions in Copper(II) Complexes of a 3-Pyridyl-Substituted Imino Nitroxide. Dependence of the Magnetic Properties upon Crystal Packing
· 1996 · cited 112x
- Crystal structures and magnetic properties of a nitronyl nitroxide and of its imino analog. Crystal packing and spin distribution dependence of ferromagnetic intermolecular interactions
· 1993 · cited 83x
- Oxford Medieval Texts: The Letters of Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury
· 1979 · cited 30x
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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
- Image
- Lanfrancstatuecanterburycathedraloutside.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- date of death
- 1089-05-28
- date of birth
- 1005-00-00
- Commons category
- Lanfranc of Pavia
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Lanfranc, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
~13 min read
Article
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.