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Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033 – April 21, 1109) was an Italian medieval philosopher, theologian, and church official who held the office of Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109. Called the founder of scholasticism, he is famous as the originator of the ontological argument for the existence of God and as the archbishop who openly opposed the Crusades.
Anselm was born in the city of Aosta in the Kingdom of Burgundy (currently the capital of the Aosta Valley in Northern Italy). His...
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