Anselm of Canterbury

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Archbishop of Canterbury Benedictine monk Catholic saint Christian theologian human philosopher

Anselm of Canterbury was an 11th-century Benedictine monk, philosopher, and Archbishop of Canterbury, renowned as a foundational figure in scholastic theology and for formulating influential arguments about God’s existence and the nature of salvation.

Aliases (2)

Anselm ×2
St. Anselm of Canterbury ×1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Archbishop of Canterbury → Benedictine monk → Catholic saint → Christian theologian → human → philosopher →
birthDate	1033 → 1034 →
birthPlace	Aosta → Kingdom of Burgundy →
canonizationStatus	canonized saint →
countryOfCitizenship	Duchy of Normandy →
deathDate	1109-04-21 →
deathPlace	Canterbury → Kingdom of England →
describedBySource	Monologion → Proslogion →
educatedAt	Benedictine abbey of Bec →
feastDay	April 21 →
fieldOfWork	Christian apologetics → metaphysics → philosophy of religion → scholasticism → theology →
givenName	Anselm →
honorificPrefix	Archbishop → Saint →
influenced	Duns Scotus → Thomas Aquinas → scholastic philosophy →
influencedBy	Augustine of Hippo → Boethius →
languageOfWorkOrName	Latin → Medieval Latin →
memberOf	Benedictine Order →
nativeLanguage	Latin → Old French →
notableIdea	faith seeking understanding → ontological argument for the existence of God → satisfaction theory of atonement →
notableWork	Cur Deus Homo → De Casu Diaboli → De Concordia → De Libertate Arbitrii → De Veritate → Epistolae → Monologion → Proslogion →
occupation	abbot → archbishop → philosopher → theologian →
partOf	High Middle Ages →
positionHeld	Archbishop of Canterbury →
religion	Christianity → Roman Catholic Church →
sexOrGender	male →
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion → Lutheran Church → Roman Catholic Church →
workLocation	Bec → Canterbury →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Augustine of Hippo → Boethius → St. Augustine →	influenced
Cur Deus Homo →	author
Anselm of Canterbury ("Anselm") →	givenName
Scholastic theology →	hasMajorFigure
satisfaction theory of atonement →	hasPrimaryProponent
Doctor of the Church ("St. Anselm of Canterbury") →	includes
Cur Deus Homo ("Anselm") →	mainInterlocutors