Anselm

Anselm often refers to St Anselm of Aosta (1033 or 1034 –1109), theologian, abbot of Bec, and archbishop of Canterbury.

A common medieval Lombardic name (Germanic for "with divine protection"), it may also refer to:

People

Bishops

Aosta

• Anselm I of Aosta (994 - 14 January 1026), the last bishop to serve as count of Aosta
• Anselm II of Aosta (1070s x 1090s)

Havelberg

• Anselm of Havelberg (c. 1100-1158), Premonstratensian monk, later translated to Ravenna

Lucca

• Anselm I of Lucca (d. 1073), better known as Pope Alexander II, also known as Anselm of Baggio and Anselm the Elder
• Anselm II of Lucca (c. 1036–1086), better known as Saint Anselm of Lucca, also known as Anselm of Baggio and Anselm the Younger

Milan

• St Anselm I of Milan (r. 813–818)
• Anselm II Capra (d. 896)
• Anselm III da Rho (r. 1086-1093)
• Anselm IV da Bovisio (r. 1097–1101)
• Anselm V della Pusterla (r. 1126–1136)

Ravenna

• Anselm, bishop of Ravenna, was Anselm of Havelberg

Clerics

• St Anselm, duke of Friuli, Benedictine monk, and abbot of Fanano and Nonantula (fl. 700s)
• Anselm, abbot of Farfa (d. 883), also known as Zelmo
• Anselm, dean of Liège (1008-1056), chronicler
• Anselm, dean of Laon (d. 1117), Medieval theologian, properly known as Ansel
• Anselm, abbot of St Saba and of Bury (d. 1148), Benedictine monk, nephew of St Anselm, elected bishop of London but refused consecration by Innocent II

Other

• Anselm Feuerbach (1829-1880), German painter
• Anselm Kiefer (born 1945), German painter and sculptor

Places

• Saint Anselm College, a nationally ranked liberal arts college in the United States

See also

• Ansel (disambiguation) and Ansell (disambiguation), the German form of the name
• Anselmo (disambiguation), the Italian form of the name
• Anselmus (disambiguation), the Latin form of the name
• Saint Anselm's (disambiguation), various places, usually named for St Anselm of Canterbury