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	Thomas à Becket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Becket denied the right of the assembly to judge him, appealed to the Pope, and, feeling that his life was too valuable to the Church to be risked, went into voluntary exile on November 2, embarking in a fishing-boat which landed him in France.
		In the town of Strood, also in Kent, Becket is said to have caused that the inhabitants of the town –and their descendants- be born with tails.
		St Thomas of Canterbury remains the patron saint of Roman Catholic secular clergy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thomas_Becket (1759 words)

	St. Thomas Becket
		Thomas was born in London, England in 1117 or 1118.
		Thomas was ordained to the priesthood and consecrated bishop by Henry of Blois, bishop of Winchester.
		When Thomas refused, these bishops brought their grievance again to the king who in a spirit of frustration expressed a desire to be rid of this pest, referring to Thomas.
	christdesert.org /cgi-bin/martyrology.dynamic.5.cgi?name=thomas_becket (656 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Thomas Becket
		He took "Thomas of London", as Becket was then most commonly called, for his chancellor, and in that office Thomas at the age of thirty-six became, with the possible exception of the justiciar, the most powerful subject in Henry's wide dominions.
		It seems to have been St. Thomas who obtained for England the privilege of keeping the feast of the Blessed Trinity on that Sunday, the anniversary of his consecration, and more than a century afterwards this custom was adopted by the papal Court, itself and eventually imposed on the whole world.
		Thomas seems all along to have suspected Henry of a design to strike at the independence of what the king regarded as a too powerful Church.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14676a.htm (2173 words)

	Directory - Society: Religion and Spirituality: Christianity: People: Saints: T: Saint Thomas à Becket
		Thomas of Canterbury · cached · Includes a digression on "benefit of clergy", and an excerpt from T.S. Eliot's "Murder in the Cathedral".
		Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Thomas Becket · iweb · cached · Biography of this martyr, also known as St. Thomas of Canterbury, where he was archbishop and where he was murdered in 1170.
		Thomas Becket · cached · Resources for the study of Becket and the controversies surrounding him, compiled by Scott McLetchie.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=219387 (324 words)

	St. Thomas Bio
		Meanwhile Thomas, at the abbey of Pontigny and elsewhere, gave himself to penance and devotion in what may be called a 'second conversion' from piety to sanctity.
		Thomas met them with dignified argument, but refused to budge from what he declared was justice and obedience to the pope.
		That Thomas gave his life for the freedom of the church is certain; more than four centuries later, another Henry, another St Thomas, and another archbishop of Canterbury drew the moral in their different ways.
	www.dfn.com /stthomas/index_files/page0009.htm (1069 words)

	Stephen Langton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was born in England (probably in Lincolnshire) and died at Slindon (50 miles southwest of London), Sussex, July 9, 1228.
		London, 1880, Rolls Series, no. 71, appendix to preface) is a Tractatus de translatione Beati Thomae (in J. Giles's Thomas of Canterbury, Oxford, 1845), which is probably an expansion of a sermon he preached in 1220, on occasion of the translation of the relics of St.
		Thomas Becket; the ceremony was the most splendid which had ever been seen in England.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stephen_Langton (870 words)

	St. Thomas Becket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Thomas was born in the city of London in 1118.
		Thomas was canonized by the Pope two years later and King Henry II in 1174 did public penance at the Shrine of St. Thomas of Canterbury.
		Thomas is an example for us today of a person who kept priorities straight in his allegiance to both his country and his Church.
	www.monksofadoration.org /becket.html (586 words)

	Thomas Becket, St. Biography / Biography of Thomas Becket, St. Biography
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		Thomas Becket (who called himself "Thomas of London") was the son of Gilbert Becket, merchant of London.
		Early in 1155 Becket became chancellor to the young king Henry II and was soon his trusted adviser; as well as controlling the King's secretariat, he raised money for the King's wars, accompanied the King's armies, conducted diplomatic negotiations, and had charge of the King's eldest son.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-thomas-becket-st (242 words)

	St. Thomas of Canterbury St. Thomas a Becket (1118-1170)
		Thomas of Canterbury St. Thomas a Becket (1118-1170)
		Henry II was a man of very great ability and energy with a genius both for leadership and for organisation; at the same time he was self-willed, imperious, and passionate, wholly unspiritual and bent on gaining control of every power in his kingdom.
		The murder shocked the conscience of all Europe; miracles were announced immediately at the tomb; the archbishop was canonized as a martyr by Alexander III in 1173; the king did public penance at his tomb, and much of what St Thomas had striven for was secured by his death.
	www.cin.org /saints/becket.html (1086 words)

	Catholic Online
		Thomas, now forty-four years old, rode to Canterbury and was first ordained priest by Walter, bishop of Rochester, and then on the octave of Pentecost was consecrated archbishop by the bishop of Winchester.
		Thomas was now full of remorse for having weakened, thus setting a bad example to the bishops, but at the same time he did not wish to widen the breach between himself and the King.
		The bishop of Winchester pleaded the archbishop's discharge.
	www.catholic.org /saints/saint.php?saint_id=12 (3439 words)

	MavicaNET - Thomas Becket, Saint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There is a romantic legend that the mother of Thomas Becket was a Saracen princess who followed his father, a pilgrim or crusader, back from the Holy Land, and wandered about Europe repeating the only English words she knew, "London" and "Becket," until she found him.
		According to a contemporary writer, Thomas Becket was the son of Gilbert Becket, sheriff of London; another relates that both parents were of Norman blood.
		The Murder of Becket, St. Thomas a Becket, St. Thomas of Canterbury, Alfred Duggan
	www.mavicanet.com /lite/slk/34720.html (526 words)

	St. Thomas Becket, Plinio Correa de Oliveira commentary on the Saint of the Day, December 29 @ TraditionInAction.org
		The life of St. Thomas Becket and the events that occurred after his death illustrates well how a long preparation is made for momentous historical events.
		The English process that culminated with this separation from Rome began in the 12th century with the fight between St. Thomas Becket and King Henry II regarding the interference of the Crown in ecclesiastical affairs.
		In the 12th century, St. Thomas Becket clashed with King Henry II because St. Thomas sustained that the Pope and English Bishops could not accept the jurisdiction of the King over them.
	www.traditioninaction.org /SOD/j108sdThomasBecket12-29.htm (1943 words)

	CIN - St. Thomas Becket
		Saint Thomas Becket was born on the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas in AD 1118, in London, and went to school with the canons regular in Surrey.
		Thomas called a synod to inform his fellow bishops of their need to turn criminal clergy over to civil authorities to be prosecuted.
		Thomas then informed the Pope of the circumstances of his election, and offered the ring of his office and resignation, feeling his consecration to be uncanonical.
	www.cin.org /saints/td1229.html (1548 words)

	Catholic Forum Saints - St. Thomas Becket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		After the bishop of Canterbury died Henry sought to elect Thomas to the position, and in 1162 this suggestion was accepted by a synod.
		Thomas warned the king that it might cause friction and conflict of interests, but accepted the position.
		Henry did penance at the grave of Thomas seeking forgiveness for the actions of his knights, and the tomb soon became a place of pilgrimage for the faithful.
	www.catholic-forum.com /themes/st_thomas_b.html (659 words)

	Thomas Becket
		Thomas who managed to alienate King and his leading bishops on what he considered were the rights of the Church knew that his hour was near.
		Thomas à Becket was born on December 21, 1118, the son of Gilbert à Becket, an English merchant and at one time Sheriff of London, and a French Mother, Matilda of Caen in Normandy.
		Thomas remained in exile in France for six years, with the support of the King of France, first at Pontigny and then at Sens.
	mariannedorman.homestead.com /Becket.html (1544 words)

	Feast of St. Thomas Becket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		St. Thomas was born in London on 21 December 1118 to Norman parents who'd lived in England for some time.
		Thomas was not happy about the idea but, urged on by Cardinal Henry of Pisa, was ordained priest on a Saturday in Whitweek, and was consecrated as Bishop the next day, Sunday, 3 June, 1162.
		St. Thomas is one of the patron of priests.
	www.kensmen.com /catholic/customschristmasx.html (1456 words)

	The Murder of Thomas Becket, 1170 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Becket was born in 1118, in Normandy the son of an English merchant.
		Becket benefited from his family's status first by being sent to Paris for his education and from there to England where he joined the household of Theobold, the then Archbishop of Canterbury.
		St. Thomas continued as a popular cultist figure for the remainder of the Middle Ages.
	www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /becket.htm (1269 words)

	St. Thomas Becket
		Archbishop Thomas Becket of Canterbury, martyr to the freedom of the Church, is venerated on December 29.
		Becket was a Londoner of upper middle-class stock, the son of the sheriff of London.
		On being consecrated a bishop, Thomas resigned the chancellorship.
	www.stthomasirondequoit.com /SaintsAlive/id793.htm (731 words)

	GiGiBeads - St. Thomas Becket Chaplet
		Thomas Becket was born in London, on the 21st of December, around 1118.
		Thomas was canonized by the Pope two years later and King Henry II in 1174 did public penance in reparation at the Shrine of St. Thomas of Canterbury.
		Thomas saw himself as the Shepherd of his flock, and his flock was the entire church in England.
	www.gigibeads.net /prayerbeads/saints/thomasbecket.html (1934 words)

	The Murder of Becket, St. Thomas a Becket, St. Thomas of Canterbury, Alfred Duggan
		The murder of St. Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury, in his own cathedral on December 29, 1170, shocked contemporaries in an age that was relatively used to deeds of violence.
		Thomas permitted himself to be led to the cloister door, half pushed by the eager throng.
		Thomas felt the blood hammering in his temples, and his hand groped for the sword-hilt which once had rested on his hip.
	www.cin.org /saints/becketm.html (2718 words)

	The Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket (Getty Museum) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Thomas Becket (about 1118-1170), chancellor of England and Archbishop of Canterbury, devoutly prays before the altar in Canterbury Cathedral while three knights approach him from behind, one with his sword raised menacingly.
		Becket had been a trusted friend of Henry II, King of England, but they became entangled in a quarrel over the rights of the Church.
		Becket was officially proclaimed a saint within three years, and was heralded as a hero who had defied a tyrant for the Church.
	www.getty.edu /art/collections/objects/o3927.html (196 words)

	st. thomas a becket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		RESTON — After nearly 20 years of numerous false starts and frustrating delays, the new parish center at St. Thomas a Becket Church in Reston was dedicated Sept. 7 by Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde.
		Among the priests joining the bishop in concelebrating the Mass were Father Kevin Larsen, parish administrator, and Father Patrick Holroyd, pastor of St. Thomas a Becket Parish from 1987-2000.
		Thomas a Becket Church has served as both a church and parish hall since it was dedicated on Sept. 9, 1973.
	www.catholicherald.com /articles/02articles/beckett0912.htm (347 words)

	Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : December 29, 2004 : Thomas Becket
		Thomas Becket was born in 1118 of a merchant family.
		Formerly the Breviary included this summary of the saint's last days: "Calumniators informed the king that the bishop was agitating against him and the peace of the realm; and the king retorted that with one such priest he could not live in peace.
		In St. Thomas of Canterbury the Church celebrates one of her great bishops; by applying to him the Gospel of the Good Shepherd she venerates in him the true pastor of Christ's flock who gave his life for his sheep.
	www.catholicculture.org /lit/calendar/day.cfm?date=2004-12-29 (683 words)

	Edward Grim’s Account of the Murder of Thomas Becket
		Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury was murdered on December 29, 1170 in Canterbury Cathedral.
		Although the great struggles of Church and State in the middle ages were played out between the pope and German emperors, or the popes and French kings, the conflict between Henry II and Becket is a witness of the widespread and localized impact of the conflict.
		Once dead, Becket was hailed as a saint, and his shrine became one of the most celebrated pilgrimage sites of western Europe, and the destination of Geoffrey Chaucer's pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/grim-becket.html (692 words)

	BBC - History - Becket, the Church and Henry II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The murder of Thomas Becket and his subsequent martyrdom has so overshadowed the reign of Henry II that it is often as difficult to see behind to what caused it as it is to see beyond to the rest of the reign.
		Becket came to prominence at the start of Henry's reign when Henry asked Archbishop Theobald of Canterbury to recommend a candidate for the office of Chancellor.
		Theobald put forward his archdeacon, Thomas Becket, the son of a London merchant, who had demonstrated the brilliance of his mind in Theobald's service.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/state/church_reformation/becket_01.shtml (357 words)

	The Online Guide to Canterbury - History (1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		To ensure that Canterbury was kept as a stronghold, it was fortified with new walls, gates and towers, and a massive stone keep was built, similar to the those at Dover and Rochester.
		This began a struggle between the King and Becket that lasted for the next decade, during which Becket was exiled to France for 6 years and excommunicated many of the Kings friends and allies.
		The knights were so roused in anger that they tried to drag Becket out of the Cathedral, as vespers had started and it was a sacrilege to harm him in the church.
	www.thycotic.com /guide/general/history.html (849 words)

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