RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Anselm of Canterbury

1033 - 1109

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Anselm of Canterbury OSB (; 1033/4–1109), also called Anselm of Aosta (French: Anselme d'Aoste, Italian: Anselmo d'Aosta) after his birthplace and Anselm of Bec (French: Anselme du Bec) after his monastery, was an Italian Benedictine monk, abbot, philosopher, and theologian of the Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109. As Archbishop of Canterbury, he defended the church's interests in England amid the Investiture Controversy. For his resistance to the English kings William II and Henry I, he was exiled twice: once from 1097 to 1100 and then from 1105 to 1107. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anselm of Canterbury has received more than 1,835,568 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Anselm of Canterbury is the 138th most popular religious figure (down from 120th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from Italy (down from 131st in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Anselm of Canterbury is most famous for his ontological argument for the existence of God.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 78.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 70

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Anselm of Canterbury ranks 138 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Dominic, Pope Clement VIII, Mahavira, Pope Pius VI, Pope Clement V, and Pope Leo XI. After him are Pope Clement I, Moses in Islam, Pope Pius VII, Barnabas, Pope Paul V, and Mani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1033, Anselm of Canterbury ranks 1. After him are Donald III of Scotland, Cheng Yi, and Urraca of Zamora. Among people deceased in 1109, Anselm of Canterbury ranks 1. After him are Alfonso VI of León and Castile, Eupraxia of Kiev, Hugh of Cluny, Fulk IV, Count of Anjou, Svatopluk, Duke of Bohemia, and Alberic of Cîteaux.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Anselm of Canterbury ranks 158 out of 5,161. Before him are Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1736), Pope Pius VI (1717), Leon Battista Alberti (1404), Cato the Elder (-243), Galba (-3), and Pope Leo XI (1535). After him are Pope Clement I (40), Gaius Marius (-157), Fra Angelico (1400), Sergio Mattarella (1941), Pope Pius VII (1742), and Pope Paul V (1552).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Anselm of Canterbury ranks 43. Before him are Pope Gregory IX (1160), Pope Pius VIII (1761), Pope Formosus (816), Pope Clement VIII (1536), Pope Pius VI (1717), and Pope Leo XI (1535). After him are Pope Clement I (40), Pope Pius VII (1742), Pope Paul V (1552), Pope Lucius I (200), Pope Innocent VIII (1432), and Pope Sylvester III (1000).

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