biography
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| lived:
| (1033–1109)
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| biography:
| Scholastic philosopher and clergyman, born in Aosta, NW Italy. He left Italy in 1056 and settled at the Benedictine abbey of Bec in Normandy. He moved to England to succeed Lanfranc as Archbishop of Canterbury in 1093. His strong principles brought him into conflict both with William II and Henry I, and he was temporarily exiled by each of them. Much influenced by Augustine he sought ‘necessary reasons’ for religious beliefs, notably the famous ontological argument for the existence of God. He may have been canonized as early as 1163; feast day 21 April. |
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