Lanfranc

American  

[lan-frangk] / ˈlæn fræŋk /

noun

1. 1005?–89, Italian Roman Catholic prelate and scholar in England: archbishop of Canterbury 1070–89.

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Lanfranc British  

/ ˈlænfræŋk /

noun

1. ?1005–89, Italian ecclesiastic and scholar; archbishop of Canterbury (1070–89) and adviser to William the Conqueror. He instituted many reforms in the English Church

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Lanfranc

Even Gregory was forced to suffer this; he seems to have blamed Lanfranc for the king’s independent answer, bade him come to Rome, and urged him to bring William to obedience.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William

In Lanfranc he found an archbishop after his own heart, in exalting whose position he strengthened his own.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William

William compelled Thomas to profess obedience to Lanfranc personally, and, with respect to the future, ordered that the question should be decided by the Pope.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William

How thoroughly Lanfranc knew how to control primary hemorrhage can be appreciated from the quotation just made from Dr. Allbutt's address.

From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

He complained that his bishopric had been seized, and Lanfranc, who upheld the king’s action, answered that his fiefs were not his bishopric.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by Hunt, William