Anselm may refer to:

People

Saints

Anselm, Duke of Friuli Anselm (died 805) was the Lombard Duke of Friuli in the northeastern part of Lombard Italy, He left the world at the height of his secular career, and in 750 built a monastery at Fanano, a place given to him by Aistulf, King of the Lombards, who ...

(s), Benedictine monk and abbot Nonantula * Anselm of Canterbury ( 1033–1109), philosopher, Abbot of Bec, and Archbishop of Canterbury * Anselm of Lucca (1036–1086), better known as Saint Anselm of Lucca

Bishops

* Anselm I (bishop of Milan) ( 813–818), bishop of Milan * Anselm II (archbishop of Milan) (died 896), also known as Anselm II Capra * Anselm I of Aosta (994–1026), the last bishop to serve as count of Aosta, and brother-in-law of Burchard, bishop of Aosta * Anselm I of Lucca (died 1073), better known as Pope Alexander II * Anselm II (1070s 1090s),

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* Anselm III (archbishop of Milan) ( it, Anselmo da Rho, link=no; 1086–1093) * Anselm IV (archbishop of Milan) ( it, Anselmo da Bovisio, link=no; 1097–1101) * Anselm of Havelberg (–1158), Premonstratensian canon and archbishop of Ravenna * Anselm V (Archbishop of Milan) ( 1126–1136), also known as Anselmo della Pusterla *

Anselm of Meissen Anselm of Meissen (german: Anselm von Meißen, died no later than 1278 in Elbing (Elbląg)) was a priest of the Teutonic Order and the first actual Also online anewadvent.org/ref> Bishop of Warmia (Varmia, Ermland, or Ermeland). As his name sugg ...

(13th century), bishop of Warmia *

Anselmo Guido Pecorari Anselmo Guido Pecorari (born 19 May 1946) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See from 1980 until he retired in 2021. He became an archbishop in 2003 and held the position of apostolic nunc ...

(born 1946), Roman Catholic cardinal

Clerics

* Anselm of Farfa (died 883), also known as Zelmo *

Anselm of Besate Anselm of Besate (''Anselmus Peripateticus'', "Anselm the Peripatetic") was an 11th-century churchman and rhetorician. Anselm was born at Besate shortly after the year 1000 to a notable local family. He describes his genealogy in detail. He was re ...

, 11th-century churchman and rhetorician *

Anselm Grün Anselm Grün (in English also: Anselm Gruen), OSB (born 14 January 1945 in , Germany) is a German Benedictine monk. He is in charge of Münsterschwarzach Abbey's financial matters, as its ''cellarer''. He has written around 300 books focused on ...

(born 1945), German Benedictine monk and religious writer *

Anselm of Liège Anselm of Liège (1008 – c. 1056) was a chronicler of the eleventh century of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. Biography He was educated at the episcopal school of Liège, and became canon and dean of the cathedral, where he enjoyed the friends ...

(1008–1056), chronicler of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège *

Anselm of Laon Anselm of Laon ( la, Anselmus; 1117), properly Ansel ('), was a French theologian and founder of a school of scholars who helped to pioneer biblical hermeneutics. Biography Born of very humble parents at Laon before the middle of the 11th cent ...

(died 1117), French biblical scholar, properly known as Ansel * Anselm of Gembloux (died 1136), abbot of Gembloux Abbey in Namur, Belgium *

Anselm of St Saba Anselm; also known as , for his first monastery, or for his second. (died 1148) was a medieval bishop of London whose election was quashed by Pope Innocent II. He was a monk of Chiusa, abbot of Saint Saba in Rome, papal legate to Engl ...

and of Bury (died 1148), Benedictine monk elected bishop of London but refused consecration by Innocent II

Other people

Anselm of Capraia Anselm of Capraia was a Pisan count. His political activity extended from the Republic of Pisa to Sardinia. Anselm was the son of Berthold, brother of William and Anselm, all three of whom went to the court of Peter II of Arborea to be educated. An ...

, 13th-century Pisan count *

Anselm Feuerbach Anselm Feuerbach (12 September 1829 – 4 January 1880) was a German painter. He was the leading classicist painter of the German 19th-century school. Biography Early life Feuerbach was born at Speyer, the son of the archaeologist Joseph ...

(1829–1880), German painter * Anselm Kiefer (born 1945), German painter and sculptor *

Anslem de Silva Kongahage Anslem Lawrence de Silva ( si, ඇන්ස්ලම් ද සිල්වා; born 1 August 1940) is a Sri Lankan biologist and herpetologist recognised as the father of modern herpetology in Sri Lanka. His career spanned for more ...

(born 1940), Sri Lankan Sinhala biologist and herpetologist

Other uses

* ''Anselm'' (film), a 2023 documentary film * Saint Anselm College, a liberal arts college in the US *