OUT PATRON – ST. ANSLEM

As abbot, St. Anselm had to cross over to England form time to time in connection with his abbey’s English properties, and there he became known and highly esteemed for this virtues and fearless zeal. So much so that in 1099 he was made Archbishop of Canterbury in the hope that he would be able to cope with the encroachments of King William the Red.

Many important wirtings of this gentle Prelate, who was considered the greatest intellectual of his age and a ‘patron for all theologians’ were composed during his two banishments. They earned him the title of ‘Father of scholasticism and “Doctor of the Universal Church”(1720) on account of the deep and lasting influence which his thinking had upon philosophy and theology. Read More