St Thomas of Canterbury

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Catholic saint Christian theologian archbishop human martyr

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Thomas Becket	5
Saint Thomas Becket	2
Thomas of Canterbury (traditional association)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic saint ⓘ Christian theologian ⓘ archbishop ⓘ human ⓘ martyr ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Thomas Becket NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas à Becket NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	assassination ⓘ
conflict	Henry II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England ⓘ
employer	Henry II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Becket NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCanonizationStatus	saint ⓘ
hasCause	defense of church rights against royal authority ⓘ
hasCulturalDepiction	1964 film "Becket" NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Anouilh's play "Becket" NERFINISHED ⓘ T. S. Eliot's play "Murder in the Cathedral" NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeastDay	29 December ⓘ 7 July (translation of relics, historically) ⓘ
hasPlaceOfVeneration	Canterbury Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTitle	Archbishop of Canterbury NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronage	Canterbury NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Catholic dioceses of England NERFINISHED ⓘ clergy ⓘ secular clergy ⓘ
placeOfBurial	Canterbury Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Canterbury NERFINISHED ⓘ Canterbury Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Archbishop of Canterbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Christianity ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Referenced by (9)

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

Corona Chapel → associatedWith → St Thomas of Canterbury ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Thomas Becket

Corona Chapel → dedicatedTo → St Thomas of Canterbury ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Thomas Becket

Wymondham Priory → dedicatedTo → St Thomas of Canterbury ⓘ

The King’s School, Canterbury → hasAlumni → St Thomas of Canterbury ⓘ