Saint Thomas Becket

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Archbishop of Canterbury Catholic saint Christian martyr English cleric historical figure

Saint Thomas Becket was a 12th-century Archbishop of Canterbury whose conflict with King Henry II over the rights and privileges of the Church led to his martyrdom and subsequent veneration as a major Christian saint.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Thomas Becket 6
St Thomas of Canterbury 1
Thomas à Becket 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Catholic saint ⓘ
Christian martyr ⓘ
English cleric ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
alternativeName Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
surface form: St Thomas of Canterbury

Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
surface form: Thomas à Becket
appointedBy Henry II of England ⓘ
associatedWith Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
Constitutions of Clarendon ⓘ
Henry II of England ⓘ
birthDate c. 1119 ⓘ
birthPlace Kingdom of England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
burialPlace Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
canonizationDate 1173-02-21 ⓘ
canonizationStatus canonized saint ⓘ
canonizedBy Pope Alexander III ⓘ
causeOfDeath martyrdom ⓘ
murder ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
deathDate 1170-12-29 ⓘ
deathPlace Canterbury ⓘ
Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
endTime 1170 ⓘ
era 12th century ⓘ
feastDay December 29 ⓘ
fullName Saint Thomas Becket self-link ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Becket
legacy major medieval pilgrimage cult in Western Europe ⓘ
notableFor conflict with King Henry II of England ⓘ
defense of the rights and privileges of the Church ⓘ
martyrdom in Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
occupation archbishop ⓘ
chancellor ⓘ
patronage Aragon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Canterbury ⓘ
Exeter ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Portsmouth ⓘ
Roman Catholic diocesan clergy ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
secular clergy ⓘ
pilgrimageSite Shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
placeOfMartyrdom Canterbury Cathedral ⓘ
positionHeld Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
Lord Chancellor of England ⓘ
predecessor Theobald of Bec ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Christianity ⓘ
servedMonarch Henry II of England ⓘ
startTime 1162 ⓘ
successor Richard of Dover ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Referenced by (12)

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

Saint Thomas Becket → alternativeName → Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Becket
Saint Thomas Becket → alternativeName → Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Becket
this entity surface form: St Thomas of Canterbury
Saint Thomas Becket → alternativeName → Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Becket
this entity surface form: Thomas à Becket
Pilgrims’ Way route → associatedWith → Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Becket
Canterbury → associatedWithPerson → Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Becket
See of Canterbury → associatedWithSaint → Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
Murder in the Cathedral → basedOn → Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
this entity surface form: martyrdom of Thomas Becket
Canterbury Cathedral → dedicatedTo → Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
Saint Thomas Becket → fullName → Saint Thomas Becket self-link ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Becket
this entity surface form: Thomas Becket
this entity surface form: Thomas Becket
Murder in the Cathedral → mainCharacter → Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Becket
Canterbury Cathedral → notableBurial → Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thomas Becket