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- The murder of Archbishop Thomas Becket stunned the whole of Christendom. All across Europe he was acclaimed as a martyr, and in 1173 Pope Alexander III - who had never been unqualified in his support of Becket's position against the King - canonised him. Within ten years of his death 703 healing miracles had been recorded at his tomb.
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Jul 7, 2021 · Thomas Becket was murdered on 29 December 1170 and was hastily buried in the cathedral crypt the very next day. Pilgrims immediately flocked to the site, and a protective marble case with holes in the sides had to be placed over his grave to allow pilgrims to kiss the holy tombstone but prevent them from chipping pieces off as souvenirs.
He travelled to Becket’s tomb at Canterbury and declared the uprising was his punishment for what happened to Becket. He allowed himself to be whipped by bishops while he prayed for forgiveness.
May 23, 2016 · Saint Thomas Becket’s shrine at Canterbury Cathedral was destroyed on the orders of Henry VIII as part of the dissolution of the monasteries and his remaining bones crushed.
Jul 7, 2020 · Thomas Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral and his shrine destroyed, during the Reformation.
Thomas Becket (/ ˈbɛkɪt /), also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London[ 1 ] and later Thomas à Becket[ note 1 ] (21 December 1119 or 1120 – 29 December 1170), served as Lord Chancellor from 1155 to 1162, and then notably as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his death in 1170.
The shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury was one of the premier destinations of pilgrims in late medieval Europe. Assassinated in his own cathedral in 1270, Becket’s status as a saint was closely tied up with his defence of the rights of the Church against the encroachments of King Henry II.
Jul 9, 2020 · Within just ten years of his death in 1170, more than 700 healing miracles had been recorded at the saint’s tomb, says John Jenkins, a historian at the University of York, in a statement.
