St Thomas of Canterbury

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St Thomas of Canterbury, better known as Thomas Becket, was the 12th-century Archbishop of Canterbury whose conflict with King Henry II led to his martyrdom and subsequent veneration as a major English saint.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic saint ⓘ
Christian theologian ⓘ
archbishop ⓘ
human ⓘ
martyr ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Thomas Becket ⓘ
linked to: Saint Thomas Becket

Thomas à Becket ⓘ
linked to: Saint Thomas Becket
causeOfDeath assassination ⓘ
conflict Henry II of England ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
employer Henry II of England ⓘ
familyName Becket ⓘ
givenName Thomas ⓘ
hasCanonizationStatus saint ⓘ
hasCause defense of church rights against royal authority ⓘ
hasCulturalDepiction 1964 film "Becket" ⓘ
linked to: Becket

Jean Anouilh's play "Becket" ⓘ
linked to: Becket

T. S. Eliot's play "Murder in the Cathedral" ⓘ
hasFeastDay 29 December ⓘ
7 July (translation of relics, historically) ⓘ
hasPlaceOfVeneration Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury ⓘ
hasTitle Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Martyr ⓘ
Saint ⓘ
influenced cult of saints in medieval Europe ⓘ
medieval English piety ⓘ
mannerOfDeath homicide ⓘ
notableFor conflict with King Henry II of England ⓘ
martyrdom in Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
notableWork defense of ecclesiastical privileges ⓘ
occupation chancellor ⓘ
clergyman ⓘ
officeContested Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
patronage Canterbury ⓘ
Roman Catholic dioceses of England ⓘ
clergy ⓘ
secular clergy ⓘ
placeOfBurial Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
placeOfDeath Canterbury ⓘ
Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
positionHeld Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Christianity ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wymondham Priory → dedicatedTo → St Thomas of Canterbury ⓘ
Four Tempters → temptsCharacter → Thomas Becket ⓘ
linked to: St Thomas of Canterbury
Three Knights → opposes → Thomas Becket ⓘ
linked to: St Thomas of Canterbury
St Thomas’s Tower → namedAfter → Thomas Becket ⓘ
linked to: St Thomas of Canterbury
Murder of Thomas Becket → hasVictim → Thomas Becket ⓘ
linked to: St Thomas of Canterbury
Corona Chapel → associatedWith → Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
linked to: St Thomas of Canterbury
Corona Chapel → dedicatedTo → Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
linked to: St Thomas of Canterbury
The King’s School, Canterbury → hasAlumni → Thomas Becket ⓘ
linked to: St Thomas of Canterbury
Great Tom → namedAfter → Thomas of Canterbury (traditional association) ⓘ
linked to: St Thomas of Canterbury
Hugh de Morville → associatedWith → Thomas Becket ⓘ
linked to: St Thomas of Canterbury
Parish Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, Goring-on-Thames → namedAfter → Thomas Becket ⓘ
linked to: St Thomas of Canterbury
Beauchief Abbey → dedicatedTo → Thomas Becket ⓘ
linked to: St Thomas of Canterbury
Becket’s Crown → associatedWith → Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
linked to: St Thomas of Canterbury
Becket’s Crown → dedicatedTo → Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
linked to: St Thomas of Canterbury
Reginald FitzUrse → associatedWithPerson → Thomas Becket ⓘ
linked to: St Thomas of Canterbury
Lapford → parishChurchDedication → St Thomas of Canterbury ⓘ
St Thomas of Canterbury Church → namedAfter → St Thomas of Canterbury ⓘ
Church of St Thomas à Becket, Pensford → dedicatedTo → Thomas Becket ⓘ
subject linked to: Church of St Thomas à Becket
linked to: St Thomas of Canterbury
Church of St Thomas à Becket, Pensford → namedAfter → St Thomas à Becket ⓘ
subject linked to: Church of St Thomas à Becket
linked to: St Thomas of Canterbury