A portrait of St. Anselm of Canterbury
St. Anselm of Canterbury
1033 – 1109
Feast
April 21 · XII c.
Patron of
Theologians · Philosophers · Canterbury
Order
Archbishop / Benedictine / Doctor of the Church
Italian-born Benedictine, abbot of Bec in Normandy and Archbishop of Canterbury (1093-1109); Doctor of the Church and one of the founders of scholastic theology, famous for his ontological argument for God's existence and his treatise Cur Deus Homo. Feast April 21.
Life & Times
Born: 1033 · Died: 1109 · From: Italy / France / England.
Patronage
St. Anselm of Canterbury is invoked as the patron of theologians, philosophers, canterbury. Those in these callings or circumstances often turn to this saint in prayer.
“I do not seek to understand in order to believe, but I believe in order to understand.”— Proslogion, Chapter 1 (1078) — 'fides quaerens intellectum'
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