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Lanfranc
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Lanfranc (
c.1010–89), scholar and Abp. of
Canterbury from 1070. In 1042 he entered the abbey of
Bec, becoming prior in 1045; in 1063 he became abbot of St Stephen's, Caen. At Bec he commented on the Psalms and Pauline Epistles. His commentary was used by
Anselm of Laon and so passed into the ‘
Glossa Ordinaria’. His
De Corpore et Sanguine Domini was the first widely-known criticism of the Eucharistic teaching of
Berengar of Tours. Lanfranc held that the consecrated elements contained the invisible Body and Blood of Christ, but hidden under the species of bread and wine; he approached the doctrine of
transubstantiation.
The first Norman Abp. of Canterbury, Lanfranc was a fine administrator. He restored the demoralized community at Christ Church, Canterbury, rebuilding the cathedral church and providing a set of constitutions for the improved observance of the monastic life. His practical authority in the English Church was demonstrated in the synod of 1075 which transferred the sees of Selsey to
Chichester,
Lichfield to
Chester, and Ramsbury to Old Sarum. While opposing clerical marriage and concubinage, he still regarded lay
investiture as normal practice. He was thus out of sympathy with
Gregory VII, though he remained loyal to him. Feast day in CW, 28 May.
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Teacher in Faith and Virtue: Lanfranc of Bec's Commentary on Saint Paul
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Teacher in Faith and Virtue: Lanfranc of Bec's Commentary on Saint Paul...include Bee, the manuscripts of Lanfranc s Pauline glosses, his use of the...critical edition. And evaluations of Lanfranc s Pauline exegesis should be confined...
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William's Monk.(Lanfranc)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 2/1/2001; ; 634 words
; ...of the king." An Italian monk named Lanfranc was one of those who received King William...studying and practicing law in Italy, Lanfranc taught school in Normandy. Within a...Gilbert Crispin, who lived shortly after Lanfranc, "Lanfranc's outstanding reputation...
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Cowdrey, H.E.J. Lanfranc: Scholar, Monk, and Archbishop.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...In 1976 Margaret Gibson's excellent Lanfranc of Bec furnished what seemed a full and...is still valuable but was strongest on Lanfranc's scholarly achievements, by offering...Cowdrey stresses the likelihood that Lanfranc might have been lured to Rome to become...
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H. E. J. Cowdrey, Lanfranc: Scholar, Monk and Archbishop.(Further short notices)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 9/22/2005; ; 496 words
; H. E. J. Cowdrey, Lanfranc: Scholar, Monk and Archbishop...sterling]. A biography and study of Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury 1070...date and exploring some aspects of Lanfranc's career a little more fully. In...
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Teacher in faith and virtue; Lanfranc of Bec's commentary on Saint Paul.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2008; 446 words
; 9789004163478 Teacher in faith and virtue; Lanfranc of Bec's commentary on Saint Paul. Collins, Ann. BRILL...the doctrine of transubstantiation, he was the simply monk Lanfranc (d. 1089), a teacher at the monastery of Bec. There he...
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Lanfranco di Pavia e l'Europa del secolo XI (nel IX centenario della morte [1089-1989])
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 7/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...774. Lire 160,000 paperback.) Lanfranc, of Pavia, Bec, and Canterbury, the...clear testimony to the interest which Lanfranc and his environment still generate among...treating general themes as follows: (i) Lanfranc and his century; (ii) From Pavia to...
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Dialectic and Theology in the Eleventh Century.
Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...intellectual Peter Damian and the conservative Lanfranc of Bec. Lanfranc's pupil Anselm of Canterbury, in turn, was presented...Boethius on the arts of language. H.'s rereading of Lanfranc of Bec's De corpore et sanguine Domini offers...
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The Irish Church in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries.
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 9/22/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...especially in the time of Archbishop Lanfranc of Canterbury, the papacy sought to...Gregory VII's early letter (JL 4801) to Lanfranc urging him to end by apostolic authority...Ireland; the context of the letter in Lanfranc's letter collection and the prolonged...
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Theology, Rhetoric, and Politics in the Eucharistic Controversy, 1078-1079: Alberic of Monte Cassino against Berengar of Tours.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Church History; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...role. Berengar would meet his match in Lanfranc of Bec, one-time fellow student under...Writing in response to Berengar in 1063, Lanfranc proposed what may fairly be described...outward appearance (species) remains. Lanfranc did not accept Berengar's radical disjunction...
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Adult life just became easier thanks to the real game - Wicks.
M2 Presswire; 3/6/2000; 700+ words
; ...launch of the Real Game at Archbishop Lanfranc School, Croydon, Malcolm Wicks said...Field, Senior teacher at Archbishop Lanfranc School, said: "Thanks to the Real...Real Game at 9.30 am at Archbishop Lanfranc School, Mitcham Road, Croydon CR9 3AS...
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Lanfranc
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
LANFRANC Lanfranc served as archbishop of Canterbury under William the Conquerer. He...system. Early U.S. law derived some elements from this system. Lanfranc was born in about 1005 in Pavia, Italy. He studied law in Pavia and...
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William I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...the Church. In 1070 he appointed Lanfranc, abbot of St. Stephen's Abbey at Caen, as archbishop of Canterbury. Lanfranc became William's trusted adviser...foreigners. In a series of councils Lanfranc promulgated decrees intended to bring...
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Berengar of Tours
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Eucharist . His defiance of authority angered his contemporaries, particularly Lanfranc . Berengar was defended by Pope Gregory VII and Peter Damian. He wrote a reply to Lanfranc, De Sacra Coena, which was condemned. He was declared a heretic, but...
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Saint Anselm
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...schooling in Burgundy he became a disciple and companion of Lanfranc , the famed theologian and prior of the monastery at Bec...life, and he won the esteem of William the Conqueror. When Lanfranc died, Anselm succeeded him as Archbishop of Canterbury (1093...
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Anselm, St
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...late 1050s, where he became a monk at Le Bec and a pupil of Lanfranc . Thereafter he rose to be both prior and abbot of the monastery...William II had kept the archbishopric vacant for four years after Lanfranc's death in order to exploit its revenues. Anselm subsequently...
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