Anselm of Liège
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Anselm of Liège(1008 – c. 1056) was a chronicler of the eleventh century of thePrince-Bishopric of Liège.[1]
Biography
[edit]He was educated at the episcopal school ofLiège,and became canon and dean of the cathedral, where he enjoyed the friendship of thebishop of Liège,Wazo.His chronicle, regarded as one of the best of the period,[by whom?]both for literary merit and for historical value, is known as theGesta Episcoporum Tungrensium, Trajectensium, et Leodiensium,and is a continuation of the earlier work byHeriger of Lobbes(d. 1007) that dealt with the first twenty-seven bishops, fromMaternus of Cologne(90) toRemaclus(680). Anselm's work, written at the request of his godmother, the countess Ida, Abbess ofSt. Cecilia, Cologne,added the lives of twenty-five more bishops, down toWazo,of whom he gave a very full and particular account.[1]
TheGestais to be found in theMonumenta Germaniæ Historica(Scriptores,VII, 161-234; alsoScriptores,XIV, 107-120 (1883)). The 1913Catholic Encyclopediapraises Anselm for his clarity, his "critical intelligence", and his "zeal for church reform".[1]
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Grey, Francis William (1907). "Anselm of Liège".In Herbermann, Charles (ed.).Catholic Encyclopedia.Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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