Saint Thomas à Becket T Saints People Christianity

Information on St. Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, also known as Thomas à Becket and St. Thomas of Canterbury. He was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170 by four of King Henry II's knights.

• - "Thomas stands for the principle of God against Caesar."
  
• - Brief biography.
  
• - Biography of this martyr, also known as St. Thomas of Canterbury, where he was archbishop and where he was murdered in 1170.
  
• - Short biography, by Karen Rae Keck. Has some odd breaks in words.
  
• - Fairly lengthy biographical essay. With prayers.
  
• - From Vita S. Thomae, Cantuariensis Archepiscopi et Martyris. Grim was an eyewitness and, in fact, tried to stop the first blow.
  
• - Entry for this bishop and martyr, from the book "Lives of Saints," published by John J. Crawley.
  
• - A medieval hagiography. From "The Golden Legend," by Jacobus de Voragine. William Caxton translation.
  
• - Miniature from a fifteenth-century Flemish book of hours.
  
• - Biographical article, in the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Includes bibliography.
  
• - Resources for the study of Becket and the controversies surrounding him, compiled by Scott McLetchie. Texts, bibliography (including films), virtual pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral.
  
• - Excerpt from a novel by Alfred Duggan.
  
• - Includes a digression on "benefit of clergy", and an excerpt from T.S. Eliot's "Murder in the Cathedral".
  
• - Illustrated, with links, and a reading from a letter by St. Thomas.
  
• - Profile of the patron saint of Portsmouth.
  
  

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