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n. - An Italian who was a Benedictine monk.

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  • Larkwood Priory, England: Father Anselm is stopped by an old man.
  • Much was expected of Henry I., who immediately recalled Anselm from
  • He recalled Anselm to England, but came into conflict with him almost immediately over the same old question of investitures.
  • But there have certainly been notable exceptions ” such as Anselm and Descartes, and, in the last century,
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