Today, Friday April 21, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of San Anselmo.
He was a Benedictine monk and Archbishop of Canterbury who was born in Aosta. During the 11th century he lived between France and England.
According to the Vatican website, he was the founder of scholastic theology and had great charisma as a pastor of souls.
In 1720 he was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church.
The Catholic saints are the group of people recognized by the Church as saints or blessed on a specific date. The Roman Martyrology is the document that names and distributes in the calendar the almost 7,000 saints and blessed recognized by the Church.
The saints and saints are prominent men and women in the various religious traditions for their special relationships with the divinities or for a particular ethical elevation. While the consideration of blessed constitutes the third step on the path to canonization.
Today’s saints day, April 21, also celebrates the following saint’s days:
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