Memorials of St. Anselm

by Anselm of Canterbury, F.S. Schmitt, Richard William Southern (editor)

This body of material is the record of St. Anslem's spoken words, zealously collected by Eadmer and Alexander, who sought drafts and fragments of St. Anselm's work, transcribing his writings before they were complete and rescuing his notes from the oblivion into which they would have fallen.
This volume is not St. Anselm's words complete, but focusing on his spoken words, it illuminates the aspects of his thought that are only lightly touched on in his published works.

380 pages, Paperback

Published August 15, 1991

About the author

Italian-born English monk, abbot, theologian, Archbishop of Canterbury and Doctor of the Church. Helped inaugurate scholasticism in the medieval period, being credited as the "father of scholasticism", and became known for what became known as the "ontological argument" for the existence of God.

He entered the Benedictine order at the abbey of Bec at the age of 27 years in 1060 and served as abbot in 1079.

Anselm of Canterbury, also known as Anselm of Aosta or Anselm of Bec, was a monk and abbot at the Benedictine abbey of Bec. He served as Archbishop of Canterbury under William II from 1093 to his death on 1109.

As a result of the investiture controversy, the most significant conflict between Church and state in Medieval Europe, Henry I again from 1105 exiled him to 1107.

A bull of Clement XI, pope, proclaimed Anselm a doctor of the Church in 1720 . We celebrate his feast day annually on 21 April.