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

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

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

An English officer gave the following vivid description to a London daily paper: The Lanfranc was attacked by a submarine about 7:30 Tuesday evening just as we had finished dinner.

From Lest We Forget World War Stories by Bigwood, Inez

We do not call Lanfranc an Englishman, nor even Adrian the Fourth an Italian.

From Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 by Allbutt, Sir Thomas Clifford

If religious progress and development is of special interest to him the student of England will first visit Canterbury, because of its association with St. Augustine, Lanfranc, and Saint Thomas à Becket.

From England by Fox, Frank, Sir