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Lanfranc

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Archbishop of Canterbury, born at Pavia; went to France, entered the monastery of Bec, and became prior in 1046, and was afterwards, in 1062, elected prior of the abbey of St. Stephen at Caen; and came over to England with William the Conqueror, who appointed him to the archbishopric rendered vacant by the deposition of Stigand; he was William's trusted adviser, but his influence declined under Rufus; d . 1089.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Lanfranc'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​l/lanfranc.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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