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Saint Thomas Becket
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Saint Thomas a Becket
Saint Thomas à Becket or Saint Thomas Becket, 1118-70, English martyr, archbishop of Canterbury, b. London. He is called St. Thomas of Canterbury and occasionally St. Thomas of London. Early Career and Chancellor He came from a middle-class Norman family and was well educated,... Read more |
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Saint Thomas
Saint Thomas one of the Twelve Apostles, called Didymus. According to John, he refused to believe in the resurrection until he saw Jesus' wounds; hence the expression "doubting Thomas." John 11.16; 14.5; 20.24-29; 21.2. By tradition he is said to have gone as missionary to Parthia or India.... Read more |
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Thomas
Thomas male forename, and name of several saints.St Thomas an Apostle, known as Doubting Thomas. He earned his nickname by saying that he would not believe that Christ had risen again until he had seen and touched his wounds (John 20:24–9). According to tradition he preached in SW India. A... Read more |
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Saint Thomas More
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Saint Thomas (city)
Saint Thomas city (1991 pop. 29,990), S Ont., Canada, S of London. The city is located in a rich agricultural area, and has automobile plants and other factories.... Read more |
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Saint Thomas (island)
Saint Thomas island (2000 pop. 51,181), 32 sq mi (83 sq km), one of the U.S. Virgin Islands , West Indies. Charlotte Amalie , the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands, and a campus of the Univ. of the Virgin Islands are on Saint Thomas. Tourism is the main economic activity.... Read more |
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Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Thomas Aquinas [Lat.,=from Aquino], 1225-74, Italian philosopher and theologian, Doctor of the Church, known as the Angelic Doctor, b. Rocca Secca (near Naples). He is the greatest figure of scholasticism , one of the principal saints of the Roman Catholic Church, and founder of the system... Read more |
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Thomas Chalkley
Chalkley, Thomas (1675–1741), sea captain, divided his time between trading and missionary voyages and preaching his Quaker gospel in England and the colonies. He appears in Whittier's Snow‐Bound as the “gentlest of skippers, rare sea‐saint.” His simple Journal... Read more |
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Sir Anthony Saint Leger
St Leger, Sir Anthony (c.1496–1559). Lord deputy of Ireland. Of a Kentish family, St Leger married the niece and heiress of Warham, archbishop of Canterbury, and rose under the patronage of Thomas Cromwell. In 1537 he was leader of a commission to report on Irish affairs and was knighted... Read more |
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Becket, Saint Thomas à
Becket, Saint Thomas à (1118–70) English Church leader...support in asserting royal control, but Becket devoted his loyalty to the Church. His...the monarchy led to fierce conflict. Becket spent six years in exile. Reconciliation... |
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Becket, Thomas
Becket, Thomas (c.1120...and so became a saint. Son of a Norman...Henry II appointed Thomas chancellor. In...was that of a saint, even if he had...for centuries Becket's tomb in the...Barlow, F. , Thomas ... |
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Murder in the Cathedral
...1935.In A.D. 1170, Archbishop Thomas Becket returns to Canterbury from his seven...ecclesiastical party is represented by Becket's priests, and the royal party by the...God for having “given us another Saint in Canterbury,” and the chorus... |
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shrines
...Jesus' life or of the saints or statues of the Virgin...Holy Thorn. Shrines of saints' mortal remains were almost...popular—Canterbury (St Thomas Becket). Miracles also occurred...Simon de Montfort, Thomas of Lancaster, Archbishop... |
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Hugh of Lincoln, St
...subsequently made prior of a smallholding at Saint-Maximin. He became a Carthusian...of his penance for the murder of Thomas Becket). He reproached Henry for keeping...Honorius III, the first Carthusian saint. Sandra M. Dunkin |
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pilgrimages
...visited the great national shrines—Becket's at Canterbury, Cuthbert's at Durham...veneration included Simon de Montfort, Thomas of Lancaster at Pontefract, and Edward...Monks promoted the cult of their own saints and could write disparagingly of others... |
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Becket, Thomas
Becket, Thomas (c.1120–70). Archbishop...own cathedral and became a saint. Son of a Norman merchant...Theobald, Henry II appointed Thomas chancellor. In this office...led Henry to believe that Thomas was his loyal friend. When... |
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Thomas
...and name of several saints.St Thomas an Apostle, known as Doubting Thomas. He earned his nickname...canonical gospel of Thomas, found in a Coptic...18th century) on Saint Thomas the Divine...also St Thomas à ... |
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The unmaking of a saint: Thomas Becket and the English reformation
...fall of the cult of St. Thomas Becket from the twelfth century...appointed his good friend, Thomas Becket, as Chancellor...was declared to be a saint, the first English saint...appoint his own man, Thomas ... |
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Thomas Becket - chancellor, archbishop and saint
...anniversary of the murder of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. Becket's murder was one of the great...and his canonization as a saint led to a fantastic veneration...recounted Becket's demise. Thomas ... |
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Anne Duggan, ed. The Correspondence of Thomas Becket Archbishop of...
...The Correspondence of Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury...Nicholas prior of Mont-Saint-Jacques in Rouen...known already for her Thomas Becket: A Textual History...definitive biography of Thomas Becket, ... |
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Becket casket sold for 4m
...casket which may have held the remains of the martyr Saint Thomas a Becket was sold at Sotheby's in London to an unknown...whose play Murder in the Cathedral is based on Thomas a Becket's murder. The casket is decorated with depictions... |
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Thomas Becket and His Biographers
Thomas Becket and His Biographers...materials for the life of Thomas Becket are substantial...1955 and 1979; that of Thomas Becket by Anne Duggan...explain the change from Thomas the worldly chancellor...was ... |
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Kay Brainerd Slocum, Liturgies in Honour of Thomas Becket.(Book review)
...Liturgies in Honour of Thomas Becket (Toronto: University...liturgies in honour of Thomas Becket is a welcome suggestion...most extraordinary of saints. Becket is unique in...inception and promotion of ... |
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Legends of king Arthur and camelot add to area's allure ; Our contributor...
...Church of St Thomas a Becket at South Cadbury The...Rector of the Church of St Thomas a Becket here in South...were recast into five by Thomas Bilbie in 1769 and the...may well represent St Thomas himself. ... |
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A tragedy of epic proportions; A production company is to stage a one-off...
...inadvertently sealed the fate of Thomas a Becket, helped to create one...Christianity's favourite saints and became the cornerstone...being that Henry and Thomas are former drinking partners...king historically. 'Thomas was something of a ... |
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A turbulent reputation: Michael Staunton considers how Thomas Becket, a...
IN 2001 THOMAS BECKET (1120?-70) was named...successful and dynamic cult of St Thomas. But even as crowds flocked...hailing him as the greatest saint of his age, or even the...and since then opinion on Thomas has often divided along... |
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Morella's Becket a smart enigma, craving honor.(Metropolitan...
...of Jean Anouilh's "Becket," now playing at the...he mutters, "Where is Becket's honor?" This craving...battle between Henry II and Thomas Becket. The other characteristic...Becket is to become a saint, he needs a clever ... |
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