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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170, Christian martyr "Thomas a Becket" redirects here. Not to be confused with Thomas à Beckett (disambiguation). For the school in Northampton, see Thomas Becket Catholic School. For other uses, see Thomas Beckett. This article contains too many ...
The Castle Chapel of St. Thomas Becket (also known as, the Pearl of Silesian Gothic, or the Silesian Sainte-Chapelle) was built at the end of the 13th century and is located in the eastern wing of the castle in Racibórz. Originally constructed in the Gothic style, the building incorporates elements of Baroque and Neo-Gothic architecture.
St. Thomas' Church, St. Thomas Chapel, Church of St Thomas, the Apostle or Mar Thoma, Christian church buildings or ecclesiastical parishes under the patronage of Saint Thomas the Apostle, Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Saint Thomas Aquinas, or Saint Thomas More.
Thomas Becket (/ ˈ b ɛ k ɪ t /), also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London and later Thomas à Becket (21 December 1119 or 1120 – 29 December 1170), served as Lord Chancellor from 1155 to 1162, and then as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his death in 1170.
The Hospital of St Thomas of Acre was the medieval London headquarters of the Knights of Saint Thomas, founded as a church in 1227 [1] in the parish of St Mary Colechurch, birthplace of the order's patron saint, Saint Thomas Becket. From the 14th century, it was the main headquarters of the military order. [2]
Henry II of England made Thomas Becket chancellor of England in 1155, in which role he lived the life of a great lord. [2] He then made him Archbishop of Canterbury in 1162, hoping he would submit the church to state power, but Thomas took the opposite course and was exiled to France, where he spent several long stays in Chartres, accompanied by his friend and secretary John of Salisbury, who ...
The dedication of the Church was chosen to be St. Thomas, because during the Middle Ages there was a Chapel dedicated to St. Thomas not far from the present site of the church. A chapel dedicated to St. Thomas Becket stood by 1200 in the graveyard belonging to St. Werburgh's abbey outside the Northgate, in the fork of the later Parkgate and ...
Statue of Saint Quiricus (Cyr, Cyricus) Child saints are children who died or were martyred and have been declared saints or martyrs of the Roman Catholic , Eastern Orthodox , Oriental Orthodox , Anglican , Episcopalian , or Lutheran Churches or have been beatified.