Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Thomas Becket


-He was a martyr and archbishop of Cantebury.

-Thomas Becket, by his contemporaries more commonly called Thomas of London.

-In 1154 he was promoted to be archdeacon of Canterbury.

-He devoted himself to ascetic practices, confined himself to the society of churchmen and resigned the chancellorship in spite of a papal dispensation.

-Thomas Becket was assassinated on December 20, 1170.