Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109)

Father of Scholasticism; author of the Proslogion and Cur Deus Homo. Anselm of Canterbury, also known as Anselm of Aosta after his birthplace and Anselm of Bec after his monastery, was a Benedictine abbot, philosopher and theologian who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109.