Anselm IV (archbishop of Milan)
Roman Catholic archbishop
Anselm IV (also Anselm of Buis, Italian: Anselmo da Bovisio) (d. 30 September 1101) was the Archbishop of Milan from 3 November 1097 until his death. He was a close friend of Pope Urban II, and prominent in the Crusade of 1101, whose Lombard contingent he led and on which he died.
According to Galvano Fiamma, he was born in Bovisio, the son of a valvassor. He entered the monastery of S. Lorenzo and was then elected, in 1097, bishop of Brescia. Milan was threatening to fall into a schism again when he was elected to bring peace. He had never, however, taken holy orders before his consecration on 3 November.
Under were corrected the irregularities of the past decades at a synod held from 5–7 April 1098. He affirmed the excommunication of imperial-appointed bishops and condemned simony. He accepted the acts of Anselm III, but not those of Tedald.
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