Information on St. Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, also known as Thomas à Becket and St. Thomas of Canterbury. He was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170 by four of King Henry II's knights.
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Biography of this martyr, also known as St. Thomas of Canterbury, where he was archbishop and where he was murdered in 1170.
Brief biography.
Illustrated, with links, and a reading from a letter by St. Thomas.
From Vita S. Thomae, Cantuariensis Archepiscopi et Martyris. Grim was an eyewitness and, in fact, tried to stop the first blow.
A medieval hagiography. From "The Golden Legend," by Jacobus de Voragine. William Caxton translation.
Miniature from a fifteenth-century Flemish book of hours.
Excerpt from a novel by Alfred Duggan.
Includes a digression on "benefit of clergy", and an excerpt from T.S. Eliot's "Murder in the Cathedral".
Fairly lengthy biographical essay. With prayers.
Miniature from a fifteenth-century Flemish book of hours.
Illustrated, with links, and a reading from a letter by St. Thomas.
From Vita S. Thomae, Cantuariensis Archepiscopi et Martyris. Grim was an eyewitness and, in fact, tried to stop the first blow.
A medieval hagiography. From "The Golden Legend," by Jacobus de Voragine. William Caxton translation.
Excerpt from a novel by Alfred Duggan.
Brief biography.
Biography of this martyr, also known as St. Thomas of Canterbury, where he was archbishop and where he was murdered in 1170.
Includes a digression on "benefit of clergy", and an excerpt from T.S. Eliot's "Murder in the Cathedral".
Fairly lengthy biographical essay. With prayers.
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