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Thomas Becket

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Thomas Becket

1118–1170

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R.C. Saints - Thomas Becket (optional memorial)

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Thomas Becket († 1170), archevêque de Cantorbéry et martyr.

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Holiday

Avertin de Canterbury († 1180), diacre anglais disciple de saint Thomas de Canterbury / Thomas Becket.

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1118
Birth

English saint and Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1170)

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1164
Event

l'archevêque de Cantorbéry Thomas Becket s'embarque clandestinement pour la France, à la suite de son différend avec son compatriote le roi d'Angleterre Henri II.

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1170
Death

Archbishop of Canterbury (assassinated) (b. 1118)

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1170
Event

Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Church and the Roman Catholic Church.

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