Anselm of Lucca: A Sainted Gregorian Bishop

Abstract

This chapter presents the life of Anselm of Lucca as a Gregorian bishop. Where and what Anselm studied are matters of much debate. The two Vitae Anselmi are largely silent on Anselm’s early life and education, speaking only of his good knowledge of grammar, and acquaintance with dialectic. Between March 18 and April 21 1073, Anselm was designated as Bishop of Lucca by Pope Alexander II. Anselm’s biographers were concerned to demonstrate the ways in which Anselm’s life had been devoted to the promotion of ecclesiastical reform. Anselm’s episcopacy and the entire conflict with the canons was a struggle of a bishop looking to recover and stabilise his position, both in financial and pastoral terms.

Podstawy ideowe władzy kościelnej i władzy świeckiej w myśli Grzegorza VII – analiza wybranych fragmentów pism z papieskiego regestru

“…Badania nad okresem pontyfikatu Grzegorza VII, a także reformą gregoriańską i XI wiekiem doczekały się bardzo bogatej literatury (Blumenthal 1995(Blumenthal , 2001Cantarella 2005Cantarella , 2018Cowdrey 1998Cowdrey , 2000Cushing 1998Cushing , 2005Studi Gregoriani 1947-1991. Choć zachodnioeuropejska historiografia proponuje wiele różnych studiów i monografii, brakuje tekstu, który w sposób syntetyczny skupiłby się na analizie takich frag-mentów pism z papieskiego regestru, które odnoszą się bezpośrednio do podstaw ideowych władzy.…”

Papal designations in the context of the Gregorian Reform

“…12 Cinzio Violante gives a biographical profile of Anselm of Lucca (see: Violante 1961, 399-407), while the core work for discovering the figure and works of Anselm of Lucca remains that of Kathleen G. Cushing's (see : Cushing 1998).…”