Anselm of Canterbury vs Ramanuja
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Compare the life timelines of Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109) and Ramanuja (1017–1137) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 76 years, from 1033 to 1109.
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Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109)
- — Born in Aosta, in the Kingdom of Burgundy Verified
- — Entered the Benedictine abbey of Bec in Normandy Verified
- — Became prior of Bec Verified
- — Wrote the Monologion Verified
- — Wrote the Proslogion, containing the ontological argument Verified
- — Elected abbot of Bec Verified
- — Consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury Verified
- — First exile and completion of Cur Deus Homo Verified
- — Second exile during the investiture controversy Verified
- — Died at Canterbury Verified
Ramanuja (1017–1137)
- — Born in Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu Verified
- — Studied Vedanta under Yadava Prakasha in Kanchipuram
- — Renounced householder life and became a sannyasin
- — Became the leading acharya of the Ranganathaswamy temple at Srirangam
- — Fled Chola persecution and settled in Melkote in Hoysala territory
- — Composed the Sri Bhashya, his commentary on the Brahma Sutras Verified
- — Returned to Srirangam after years in exile
- — Died at Srirangam Verified