Thomas Becket

Thomas Becket
Saint; Thomas Becket
	Airchbishop o Canterbury
	Illumination frae an Inglis Beuk o Oors presentin a spiritit accoont o the murther o Becket, c. 1390, Naitional Leebrar o Wales
Appointed	24 Mey 1162
Installed	3 Juin 1162
Term endit	29 December 1170
Predecessor	Theobald o Bec
Successor	Richard o Dover
Orders
Ordination	1154 (deacon); 2 Juin 1162 (priest)
Consecration	3 Juin 1162; bi Henry o Blois
Personal details
Born	21 December c. 1119; Cheapside, Lunnon
Deed	29 December 1170; Canterbury Cathedral
Buried	Canterbury Cathedral
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Pawrents	Gilbert Beket; Matilda;
Previous post	Airchdeacon o Canterbury
Saunthuid
Feast day	29 December
Veneratit in	Roman Catholic Kirk; Anglican Communion;
Teetle as Saunt	Bishop an Martyr
Beatified	21 Februar 1173; bi Pape Alexander III
Canonised	21 Februar 1173; St Peter's Kirrk in Segni; bi Pape Alexander III
Attributes	Sword, martyrdom, episcopal vestments
Patronage	Exeter College, Oxford; Portsmouth; Arbroath Abbey; secular clergy
Shrines	Canterbury Cathedral

Thomas Becket (/ˈbɛkɪt/; forby kent as Saunt Thomas o Canterbury, Thomas o Lunnon,^[1] an later Thomas à Becket;^{[note 1]} 21 December c. 1119 (or 1120) – 29 December 1170) wis Archbishop of Canterbury frae 1162 until his murder in 1170. He is venerated as a saint an martyr bi baith the Catholic Kirk an the Anglican Communion. He engaged in conflict wi Henry II, Keeng of England, ower the rights an privileges o the Kirk an wis murdered bi followers o the king in Canterbury Cathedral. Suin efter his daith, he wis canonised bi Pape Alexander III.

Notes[eedit | eedit soorce]

↑ The name "Thomas à Becket" isna contemporary, an appears tae be a post-Reformation creaution, possibly in imitation o Thomas à Kempis.^[2]

↑ Barlow "Becket, Thomas (1120?–1170)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
↑ Barlow Thomas Becket pp. 11–12

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