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 ...
On Dec. 29, 1170, the archbishop of Canterbury was cut down in his own cathedral. “Every attempt to tell the story of Thomas Becket,” writes Michael Staunton in his biography of the martyred ...
SAINTS & ART: The witness of St. Thomas Becket, whose feast day is Dec. 29, underscores the perennial truth that no earthly king reigns above Christ. Detail of Willem Vrelant, “The Martyrdom of St.
Relics from the centuries-old crime scene will go on show at the British Museum’s first major exhibition about the medieval martyr For centuries it was the world’s most notorious state-sanctioned ...
In spite of Becket’s stature then and now, few people today know his story, a tale that bristles with ironies and reversals worthy of major plays and motion pictures. Becket was the son of a French ...
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As a low-enrollment school, Becket Washington Elementary School faces challenges in providing the same level of services and ...