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St. Anselm of Canterbury
St. Anselm of Canterbury (center), terra-cotta altarpiece by Luca della Robbia; in the Museo Diocesano, Empoli, Italy.
St. Anselm of Canterbury was born in 1033 or 1034 in Aosta, Lombardy (modern-day Italy).1
He is widely recognized as the father of Scholasticism and is best known for his ontological argument regarding the existence of God.1