ANSELM, archbishop of Milan. - A. II, on the episcopal see from March 6, 883 to September 27, 896, is the titular of the famous medieval collection of canon law texts, known as the *Collectio Anselmo dedicata*.
It is probable that the collection was compiled in Milan while A. was archbishop; this is confirmed by internal evidence.
The collection, largely unpublished, consists of 1,580 canons, grouped into 12 books; the texts, with few exceptions, are drawn from earlier collections.
BIBL.: F. Savio, *Gli antichi Vescovi d'Italia dalle origini al 1300*, *La Lombardia*, I: Milano, Firenze 1913, pp. 343-44; P. Fournier-G. Le Bras, *Histoire des collect. can. en Occident*, I, Paris 1931, pp. 234-43.