Saint Thomas Becket | |
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Airchbishop o Canterbury | |
![]() Illumination frae an Inglis Beuk o Oors presentin a spiritit accoont o the murther o Becket, c. 1390, Naitional Leebrar o Wales | |
Appointed | 24 Mey 1162 |
Installed | 3 Juin 1162 |
Term endit | 29 December 1170 |
Predecessor | Theobald o Bec |
Successor | Richard o Dover |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1154 (deacon) 2 Juin 1162 (priest) |
Consecration | 3 Juin 1162 bi Henry o Blois |
Personal details | |
Born | 21 December c. 1119 Cheapside, Lunnon |
Deed | Canterbury Cathedral | 29 December 1170
Buried | Canterbury Cathedral |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Pawrents |
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Previous post | Airchdeacon o Canterbury |
Saunthuid | |
Feast day | 29 December |
Veneratit in |
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Teetle as Saunt | Bishop an Martyr |
Beatified | 21 Februar 1173 bi Pape Alexander III |
Canonised | 21 Februar 1173 St Peter's Kirrk in Segni bi Pape Alexander III |
Attributes | Sword, martyrdom, episcopal vestments |
Patronage | Exeter College, Oxford; Portsmouth; Arbroath Abbey; secular clergy |
Shrines | Canterbury Cathedral |
Thomas Becket (/ˈbɛkɪt/; forby kent as Saunt Thomas o Canterbury, Thomas o Lunnon,[1] an later Thomas à Becket;[note 1] 21 December c. 1119 (or 1120) – 29 December 1170) wis Archbishop of Canterbury frae 1162 until his murder in 1170. He is venerated as a saint an martyr bi baith the Catholic Kirk an the Anglican Communion. He engaged in conflict wi Henry II, Keeng of England, ower the rights an privileges o the Kirk an wis murdered bi followers o the king in Canterbury Cathedral. Suin efter his daith, he wis canonised bi Pape Alexander III.