Anselm of Lucca
Saint Anselm of Lucca | |
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Bishop, Confessor | |
Born | 1036 Milan |
Died | 18 March 1086 |
Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Canonized | 1087 by Victor III |
Feast | 18 March |
Patronage | Mantua |
Anselm of Lucca (
Life
Born in
Anselm went to Germany, but was loath to receive the insignia of spiritual power from a
Gregory VII ordered him to return to Lucca, and he reluctantly obeyed, but continued to lead the life of a monk. In the years 1077–79, he accepted the transfer of several castles from Countess Matilda, in preparation for Henry's expected campaign, which was carried out in 1081–84. Meanwhile, he attempted to impose the
Anselm fled first to the shelter of Moriana, an episcopal stronghold only a few miles up the Arno from Lucca and was accompanied by Bardo, a priest who later wrote his vita, and then retired to Canossa as spiritual guide to Countess Matilda. Bishop Benzo of Alba, Henry IV's fiercely partisan supporter, tells how Matilda and Anselm stripped the monasteries to send gold and silver to Gregory in Rome. Because through his prayers was obtained the rout of the enemies of Gregory VII, he is represented before an army in confusion.
Sometime later, Gregory VII made him papal legate in Lombardy,[4] with authorization to rule over all the dioceses which had been left without bishops due to the conflict between pope and emperor.
Anselm was well versed in scripture and wrote some important works attacking lay investiture and defending Pope Gregory against
Anselm died in Mantua on 18 March 1086 and is regarded as the patron saint of that city.[5] Two biographies were written about the bishop-saint shortly after his death: Pseudo-Bardone’s Vita Anselmi episcopi Lucensis and Bishop Rangerius of Lucca’s, Vita metrica of S. Anselmi lucensis episcopi. Anselm was canonized by Pope Victor III in 1087.[6]
References
- ^ a b Ott, Michael. "St. Anselm of Lucca, the Younger." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 10 Mar. 2015
- ISBN 9780198207245
- ^ This is according to Salvador Miranda.The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church Other sources consulted do not mention his promotion to the cardinalate. He is not listed among the cardinals of the 11th century in the modern printed prosopographies of the cardinals of that period (R. Hüls, Kardinäle, Klerus und Kirchen Roms: 1049–1130, Tübingen 1977; H.W. Klewitz, Reformpapsttum und Kardinalkolleg, Darmstadt 1957; K. Ganzer, Die entwicklung des auswärtigen Kardinalats im hohen Mittelater, Tübingen 1963)
- ^ ISBN 9780198614425
- ^ Butler, Alban. "St. Anselm, Bishop of Lucca, Confessor", The Lives of the Saints. vol. III, 1866 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Ansèlmo di Lucca, santo nell'Enciclopedia Treccani". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-07-11.
External links
- Projekt PseudoIsidor: Die Sammlung Anselms von Lucca (in German)
- Matilda of Tuscany: Archived 2005-08-28 at the Wayback Machine material concerning Anselm of Lucca
- Sant'Anselmo a Mantova Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (Italian)
Further reading
- Nash, Penelope (2021). The Spirituality of Countess Matilda of Tuscany. Quaderni di Matildica I. Patron Bologna. (
- Mitrofanov, Andrey (2015). L'ecclésiologie d'Anselme de Lucques (1036–1086) au service de Grégoire VII: Genèse, contenu et impact de sa "Collection canonique". Instrumenta Patristica et Mediaevalia 69. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers. ISBN 978-2-503-55489-1.)
- Cushing, Kathleen (1998). Papacy and Law in the Gregorian Revolution: The Canonistic Work of Anselm of Lucca. Oxford Historical Monographs. New York: Oxford University Press.