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The apostolic nuncio to the Court of St James’s, Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendía, celebrated an historic Mass in Canterbury ...
It is not known how it arrived in Hungary but two prelates from Hungary were said to have been present in Canterbury Cathedral when Thomas Becket's body was reburied in 1220 and his tomb opened.
No doubt during the town’s glory years similar “attractions” brightened the days of the faithful who had fulfilled their mission at the shrine of St. Thomas a Becket in Canterbury Cathedral.
A shine to St Thomas Becket who was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral 850 years ago has been reconstructed using CGI. The memorial was built in Trinity Chapel but was destroyed during the ...
St. Thomas Becket (1118-1170) is well-known for his martyrdom in Canterbury Cathedral, defending religious liberty in England from the designs of his former friend, King Henry II Plantagenet.
The pilgrimage to Thomas Becket’s tomb became so well known that Geoffrey Chaucer used it as the background to “ The Canterbury Tales.” Becket’s shrine was destroyed in 1538, on the orders ...
At the Canterbury Cathedral in 1170, Archbishop Thomas Becket was killed by four knights who thought they were doing the bidding of King Henry II. Becket became a martyr, and the cathedral, a ...