Lanfranc
Prior of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury and Roman Catholic blessed
Feast: 28 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Lanfranc, born at Pavia, practised law and became a famous teacher in Normandy. Feeling a call to religious life, he left secretly for the poor new monastery of Bec, where he became prior and opened a school that drew scholars from across Europe.
He became Archbishop of Canterbury and died there on 24 May 1089.
The miracles
The Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe his cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A great teacher who became a monk and archbishop.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Anselm of Canterbury Saint Pupil
- Ivo of Chartres Saint Pupil
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Lanfranc
- Wikidata Q317098 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Lanfranc (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.