St. Thomas of Canterbury was proclaimed a martyr and canonized a saint less than two years after King Henry II’s knights assassinated him during Vespers on December 29, 1170. Thomas and Henry ...

“St Thomas, our Canterbury martyr, gives us a model of a life and a death that bore witness to Jesus, our true, eternal king and saviour.” Arguably the most famous archbishop of ...

The White House on Tuesday issued a proclamation praising St. Thomas Becket ... But after 1162, when he became Archbishop of Canterbury, he found himself in conflict with King Henry II over ...

A remarkable discovery about pilgrims to the shrine of St Thomas at Canterbury has ... built to house a more magnificent shrine for Canterbury’s holy martyr. The chapel includes stained glass ...

St. Thomas More was beatified by Pope Leo XIII in 1886 and canonized in 1935 by Pope Piux XI. The Academy Award-winning film “A Man For All Seasons” portrayed the events that led to his martyrdom.

A shine to St Thomas Becket who was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral 850 years ... He was believed to have died as a martyr while defending the rights of the Church after a bitter dispute with ...

President Donald Trump declared Dec. 29 the anniversary of the Roman Catholic martyr St ... anniversary of St. Thomas Becket’s martyrdom. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury who was murdered ...

A FACE from the past which may be an early image of St Thomas the Martyr from Canterbury is to be seen again in St Lawrence’s, Godmersham, in Kent, after several months’ absence for conservation.

the revered shrine of Saint Thomas Becket, the hugely influential former Archbishop of Canterbury and martyr, succumbed to this fate. Becket was one of the most important figures in medieval Europe.

WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday issued a proclamation praising St. Thomas Becket ... But after 1162, when he became Archbishop of Canterbury, he found himself in conflict with King ...