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Europe's greatest martyr: how Thomas Becket rose from the dead

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April 19, 2021 at 4:37 pm
On 29 December 1170, four of King Henry II’s knights murdered Archbishop Thomas Becket inside Canterbury Cathedral, scattering his blood and brains across the pavement. The killing, 850 years ago, marked the end of one of the most brilliant, divisive careers of England’s Middle Ages. Yet, in many ways, it was also a beginning.
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News of Becket’s killing spread quickly and, in a matter of months, he had been transformed into one of the most famous martyrs in Christian history. Becket was canonised a mere three years after his death, while, within a decade, Canterbury monks had recorded 703 miracles related to the slain archbishop, and tens of thousands of visitors had flocked to the cathedral to venerate his remains. Supported by the circulation of new liturgies, miracle stories, sacred objects and holy relics, the cult of Becket soon dominated the landscape of Christendom, from Trondheim to Tarsus and ....

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Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket: Everything you need to know about one of the most powerful figures of the Middle Ages

Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket: Everything you need to know about one of the most powerful figures of the Middle Ages
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Updated: 14:02, 16 March 2021
Thomas Becket was one of the most powerful figures of his time, serving as Royal Chancellor and later as Archbishop of Canterbury, but his murder at Canterbury Cathedral changed the course of history forever.
Initially a friend of King Henry II, Becket became engaged in a bitter dispute with the King which culminated in his shocking assassination by knights in 1170.
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To mark the 850th anniversary of this historic crime, The British Museum is staging a major exhibition about Becket s tumultuous journey from a London merchant s son to Archbishop. ....

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President Trump: Justice Cannot Prevail 'Without the Grace of God'

President Trump: Justice Cannot Prevail ‘Without the Grace of God’
29 Dec 2020
President Trump issued a powerful proclamation on religious liberty Tuesday to commemorate the 850th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket.
“A society without religion cannot prosper. A nation without faith cannot endure because justice, goodness, and peace cannot prevail without the grace of God,” the president declared in his proclamation, while calling the English saint a “lion of religious liberty.”
“Thomas Becket’s death serves as a powerful and timeless reminder to every American that our freedom from religious persecution is not a mere luxury or accident of history, but rather an essential element of our liberty,” Mr. Trump stated. “It is our priceless treasure and inheritance. And it was bought with the blood of martyrs.” ....

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