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Detail Of A Statue Of Archbishop Lanfranc Canterbury Cathedral
Detail Of A Statue Of Archbishop Lanfranc Canterbury Cathedral

Blessed Lanfranc Of Canterbury

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

28-May

Born

C.1005 in Pavia, Italy

Died

24 May 1089 in Canterbury, England of natural causes; interred under the Saint Martin altar at the Canterbury cathedral

Biography

Blessed Lanfranc of Canterbury, also known simply as Lanfranc, was born around the year 1005 in Pavia, Italy. He received an excellent education in England before traveling to Normandy, where he joined the renowned monastery at Bec.

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