Definition of St. anselm

1. Noun. An Italian who was a Benedictine monk; was archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109; one of the founders of scholasticism; best known for his proof of the existence of God.

Exact synonyms: Anselm, Saint Anselm
Generic synonyms: Archbishop, Saint

Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Anselm

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St. Andrew's Cross
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St. Anthony's cross
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Literary usage of St. anselm

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Collections of the works of st. anselm were issued soon after the invention of ... Besides, there is a brief account of the miracles of st. anselm which is ..."

2. Curiosities of Popular Customs and of Rites, Ceremonies, Observances, and by William Shepard Walsh (1897)
"st. anselm was one of tho most powerful mediaeval advocates of the supremacy of Church over State, and did much to establish the Papal authority in England ..."

3. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints by Alban Butler (1866)
"The king was so pleased with this condescension of the pope, that he sent immediately to Bee, to invite st. anselm home in the most obliging manner, ..."

4. History of Philosophy by William Turner (1903)
"st. anselm is a type of Scholastic altogether different from Roscelin and Abelard ... The works of st. anselm 2 include the following treatises: Monologium, ..."

5. A History of Philosophy by Frank Thilly (1914)
"... that where intelligence fails us, it behooves us reverently to bow to faith. Church, st. anselm; Bigg, st. anselm; Rule, Life and Times of st. anselm; ..."

6. History of the Church, from Its First Establishment to Our Own Times by Jodocus Adolph Birkhaeuser (1898)
"The great representative expounders of true Mysticism were St. Bernard, St Anselm, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Bonaventure, Hugh, and Richard of St. Victor, ..."

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