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Lanfranc

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Lan·franc  (lnfrngk) 1005?-1089.
Italian-born English prelate and political adviser who was archbishop of Canterbury (1070-1089) and a counselor of William the Conqueror.
Lanfranc [ˈlænfræŋk]
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(Biographies / Lanfranc (?1005-1089) M, Italian, RELIGION: clergyman, MISC: scholar, RELIGION: church reformer) ?1005-89, Italian ecclesiastic and scholar; archbishop of Canterbury (1070-89) and adviser to William the Conqueror. He instituted many reforms in the English Church


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Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1070-89, was extremely fond of splendid liturgical garments, and is reported to have given Christ Church, Canterbury, several copes that survived for centuries.
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Later that century, Lanfranc, who then held the See of Canterbury, worried that Alphege should not be given liturgical honors as a martyr because he did not die for the faith but as the result of a drunken rage.
Truth and consequences: past or present, just what makes a martyr? by Cunningham, Lawrence / U.S. Catholic
Lanfranc, a later Norman appointee to the See, suppressed his cult among the local people, but was persuaded to reinstate it because St.
Saints, Blesseds, Martyrs by Catholic Insight
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