Anselm

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Anselm often refers to St Anselm of Aosta (1033 or 1034 –1109), theologian, abbot of Bec, and archbishop of Canterbury.
A common mediaeval Lombardic name (Germanic for "God's helm"), it may also refer to:

People

Bishops

Aosta

  • Anselm I of Aosta (994 - 14 January 1026), the last bishop to serve as count of Aosta
  • Anselm II of Aosta (1070s x 1090s)

Havelberg

  • Anselm of Havelberg (c. 1100-1158), Premonstratensian monk, later translated to Ravenna

Lucca

  • Anselm I of Lucca (d. 1073), better known as Pope Alexander II, also known as Anselm of Baggio and Anselm the Elder
  • Anselm II of Lucca (c. 1036–1086), better known as Saint Anselm of Lucca, also known as Anselm of Baggio and Anselm the Younger

Milan

  • St Anselm I of Milan (r. 813–818)
  • Anselm II Capra (d. 896)
  • Anselm III da Rho (r. 1086-1093)
  • Anselm IV da Bovisio (r. 1097–1101)
  • Anselm V della Pusterla (r. 1126–1136)

Ravenna

  • Anselm, bishop of Ravenna, was Anselm of Havelberg

Clerics

  • St Anselm, duke of Friuli, Benedictine monk, and abbot of Fanano and Nonantula (fl. 700s)
  • Anselm, abbot of Farfa (d. 883), also known as Zelmo
  • Anselm, dean of Liège (1008-1056), chronicler
  • Anselm, dean of Laon (d. 1117), Medieval theologian, properly known as Ansel
  • Anselm, abbot of St Saba and of Bury (d. 1148), Benedictine monk, nephew of St Anselm, elected bishop of London but refused consecration by Innocent II

Other

  • Anselm Feuerbach (1829-1880), German painter
  • Anselm Kiefer (born 1945), German painter and sculptor

Places

  • Saint Anselm College, a nationally ranked liberal arts college in the United States

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