1036–1086

Introduction

Born: 1036, birth­place var­iou­sly giv­en as Mi­lan or Man­tua, Ita­ly.

Died: March 18, 1806, Man­tua, It­aly.

Biography

Anselm was a bi­shop of Luc­ca, Ita­ly. The ci­ty of Man­tua re­gards him as its pa­tron saint. His suc­cess­or, Ran­ge­ri­us, wrote a bio­gra­phy of him.

He is some­times con­fused with his un­cle of the same name, who lat­er be­came Pope Al­ex­an­der II.

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