The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ANSELM
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result ANSELM
- Corrupt men, alas, bumping off a saint
- Saint, one seen hiding in a tree
- Archbishop one rarely missing party
- Holy man coming from Le Mans
- A tree through which sun can be seen
- Saint’s solution to tree
- He had proof as answer to Wood
- Holy monk finds the answer sitting on a tree
- Old monastic manuscript, about the French, not available for restoration
- Italian monk’s seminal work lacking substance
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