Lanfranc was an Italian born jurist, theologian, monk, and scholar. Born in Italy, he moved to Normandy to become a Benedictine monk at Bec, served as prior of Bec Abbey and abbot of St Stephen's Abbey in Caen, and then became Archbishop of Canterbury in England following its conquest by William the Conqueror. He was regarded in his own lifetime as the greatest theologian of his generation, and is also known as Lanfranc of Pavia, Lanfranc of Bec, and Lanfranc of Canterbury.
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