St. Thomas Becket (1118-1170) is well-known for his martyrdom in Canterbury Cathedral, defending religious liberty in England from the designs of his former friend, King Henry II Plantagenet. But ...

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December 29 is the feast day of St. Thomas Becket. The martyred 12 th century bishop is known for his opposition to the then overreach of state power in the person of England’s King Henry II. Across ...

In December 1170, Thomas Becket, the archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered on the orders of King Henry II of England, his former friend. The killing was supposed to put an end to disputes over the ...

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A stained glass window of St. Thomas Becket is seen at St. Alban's Cathedral in St. Albans, England. (CNS photo/Gene Plaisted, The Crosiers) WASHINGTON (CNS) — The White House issued a proclamation ...

IT COULD HAVE been a scene from “The Sopranos”, only the irascible capo was King Henry II of England. The irksome upstart who had to be neutralised was Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. “Will ...

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Thomas W. Beckett, 79, of Ashland, formerly of Champaign, went home to his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday morning, Feb. 27, 2009, at his residence surrounded by his family and friends. He was ...

Thomas Becket came from a wealthy merchant family in Normandy. In the aftermath of the Norman conquest of England in the year 1066, his family moved to London, where Thomas was born. He received all ...