Lanfranc
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Born | Pavia |
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Italy | |
Date of died | May 24,1089 |
Died | Canterbury |
United Kingdom | |
Successor | Anselm of Canterbury |
Buried | Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, United Kingdom |
Predecessor | Stigand |
Address | Mitcham Rd, Croydon CR9 3AS, United Kingdom |
Phone | +44 20 8689 1255 |
Founded | 1931 |
Number of students | 1,052 (2009) |
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ID | 1353866 |
Lanfranc Life story
Lanfranc was a celebrated Italian jurist who renounced his career to become a Benedictine monk at Bec in Normandy. He served successively as prior of Bec Abbey and abbot of St Stephen in Normandy and then as archbishop of Canterbury in England, following its Conquest by William the Conqueror.
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