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

Lanfranc, the first Norman Archbishop, rebuilt the Cathedral Church, and now one rebuilding speedily followed another, each one growing more elaborate than before.

From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Charles G. Harper

His Surgery contains many case histories, for he rightly opined that good notes of cases are the soundest foundation of good practice; and in this opinion and method Lanfranc followed him.

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

These and other irregularities caused some of the bishops of the Ostmen’s towns to seek consecration from Lanfranc and Anselm.

From The English Church in the Middle Ages by William Hunt

Meanwhile, Thomas of Bayeux, who became Archbishop of York in the same year as that in which Lanfranc obtained his English see, was busy rebuilding his Minster at York.

From Ecclesiastical Curiosities by Various

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 William Hunt