Lanfranc
Sign in to saveLanfranc (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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- 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
Key dates
- Born
- 1005
- Died
- 28 May 1089
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Pavia
- Place of death
- Canterbury
- Languages spoken
- medieval Latin
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Image
- Lanfrancstatuecanterburycathedraloutside.jpg
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- P611
- Benedictines
- P802
- Ivo of Chartres
- P119
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11 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Teacher and scholar
- Prior and abbot
- Archbishop of Canterbury
- Beatification and the cause for canonisation
- Modern commemoration
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- See also
- Citations
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- 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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