Place

Canterbury

England · Modern United Kingdom

Seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury since 597. Anselm served as archbishop here, developing his ontological argument for the existence of God.

Thinkers Connected to Canterbury

1033 CE – 1109 CE

God is that than which nothing greater can be conceived. From this single idea he built the most famous proof of God's existence.

c. 1120 CE – 1180 CE

He wrote the first comprehensive work of medieval political philosophy, and saw his closest friend murdered at an altar.