_Alterius Orbis Papa_ (Vol. iii., p. 497.).--This was not, as A.B.'s
informant thinks, a title of honour bestowed by any Supreme Pontiff upon
any Archbishop of Canterbury, but a mere verbal compliment passed by
Pope Urban II. upon St. Anselm, when the latter went to consult the
former at Rome. The words are those of Gervase, the monk of Canterbury,
who tells us:
"Tantam ejus gratiam habuit, ut eum (Anselmum) alterius orbis
papam vocaret (Urbanus papa)."--Ed. _Twysden_, ii. 1327.
Eadmer, who was with the archbishop when he went to Italy, gives the
following as the Pope's expressions:
"Cumque illum, utpote hominem cunctis liberalium artium
disciplinis innutritum, pro magistro teneamus et quasi comparem,
velut alterius orbis Apostolicum et Patriarcham jure venerandum
censeamus."--_AA. SS. Aprilis_, t. ii. 886.