Mine is Thomas Becket, the martyred archbishop of Canterbury, whose feast day is today. Catholic saints have done well vis-à-vis English kings, particularly on stage and in the movies.

Today is the Feast Day of Thomas Becket: Martyr and Saint. The ascetic Archbishop was martyred on this day, December 29, in the year of our Lord 1170, while presiding over daily vespers inside his ...

Thomas Becket was Archbishop of Canterbury, the most important bishop in England. In 1170, he was brutally murdered in Canterbury Cathedral. Historians have long debated whether his murder was on ...

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Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered as he conducted a service in the cathedral on 29 December 1170. The four knights who attacked him believed they were acting on the orders ...

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