Thomas Becket (December 21, 1119 or 1120 – 29 December 29, 1170) is also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London and later Thomas à Becket.
He was an English nobleman who served as Lord Chancellor from 1155 to 1162, and then notably as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. He engaged in conflict with Henry II, King of the English, over the rights and privileges of the Church and was murdered by followers of the king in Canterbury Cathedral.
On February 21, 1173 – little more than two years after his death – he was canonised by Pope Alexander III in St Peter’s Church, Segni.
This simple blog post is about his name. When I began studying European Royalty back in the late 1970s and early…
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