S. Anselm. Doctor of the Church; Archbishop of Canterbury,
born at Aosta, a Burgundian town in the borders of Lombardy, 1033-34; died
21 April, 1109. High praise is given him in the Breviary Office for his
Feast, 21 April, Second Nocturn of Matins, Lection VI: Obdormiuit
in Domino, famam non solum miraculorum et sanctitatis (praecipue ob
insignem deuotionem erga Domini nostri passionem, et beatam Uirginem eius
Matrem) assecutus, sed etiam doctrinae, quam ad defensionem Christianae
religionis, animarum profectum, et omnium theologorum, qui sacras litteras
scholastica methodo tradiderunt, normam coelitus hausisse ex eius omnibus
apparet. There are several collections of the works of S. Anselm, but
of these few, if any, can claim to be critical, and none are adapted for
modern requirements. At the same time there are very numerous separate
editions, and even translations of the more important treatises, in
particular the Cur Deus Homo.