December 29 is the feast day of St. Thomas Becket. The martyred 12 th century bishop is known for his opposition to the then overreach of state power in the person of England’s King Henry II. Across ...

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In December 1170, Thomas Becket, the archbishop of Canterbury, was murdered on the orders of King Henry II of England, his former friend. The killing was supposed to put an end to disputes over the ...

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“If you thought medieval religious art was all clasped hands and uplifted eyes”, this gory, “brilliant” show will put you right, said Jonathan Jones in The Guardian. On 29 December 1170, four knights ...

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IT COULD HAVE been a scene from “The Sopranos”, only the irascible capo was King Henry II of England. The irksome upstart who had to be neutralised was Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury. “Will ...

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A man examines the St. Thomas Becket exhibit at The British Museum in London, which is marking the 850th anniversary of the death of the 12th-century saint. (Credit: CNS photo/courtesy The British ...

(RNS) — A small piece of bone thought to belong to St. Thomas Becket is, after centuries of exile in Hungary, returning to Canterbury Cathedral where the archbishop was murdered in 1170. Encased in a ...