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St. Thomas More's skull may be exhumed from Canterbury church after nearly 500 years
Sue Palmer stated, "It is unusual to have any relics in an Anglican church, especially those of a Catholic saint, and the PCC ...
Skull of Catholic saint may be exhumed 500 years later under church plan
St. Thomas More (1478–1535) served as Lord Chancellor of England under King Henry VIII. A renowned scholar and author of ...
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St. Thomas More’s skull may be exhumed from Canterbury vault for saint’s 500th anniversary
St. Dunstan’s Parochial Church Council in Canterbury says it “would very much welcome communication with the Vatican” about ...
Church seeks to exhume severed head of saint
A church is seeking permission to exhume the skull of a saint executed on the orders of King Henry VIII hundreds of years ago ...
Historic English church wants to exhume skull of Tudor saint decapitated by Henry VIII
An English church wants to exhume and preserve the remains of a martyr whose head was lopped off and speared on a London ...
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The Many Hidden Saints of Kent: Holy Men and Women Who Remain ‘Powerful Intercessors’
The Catholic history of the English county that’s slightly smaller than Rhode Island has had an enormous impact on the world, ...
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Deteriorating head of St Thomas More should be exhumed and conserved, PCC agrees
It was retrieved by More’s daughter, Margaret Roper, after his execution at the Tower of London, and placed in the Roper ...
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Church of England weighs proposal to place St. Thomas More’s skull in shrine for veneration
The Church of England is weighing plans to exhume and enshrine the head of St. Thomas More , the patron saint of statesmen and politicians, in time for the 500th anniversary of his 1535 martyrdom.
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The Witness of St. Thomas Becket - National Catholic Register
“Thomas Becket: Murder and the Making of a Saint” charts more than 500 years of history, from Thomas Becket’s remarkable rise from humble origins to become the archbishop of Canterbury, one ...