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Information on St. Thomas Becket, archbishop of Canterbury, also known as Thomas à Becket and St. Thomas of Canterbury. He was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170 by four of King Henry II's knights.

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Patron Saints Index: Thomas a Becket Illustrated, with links, and a reading from a letter by St. Thomas. www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintt09.htm

Edward Grim's Account of the Murder of Thomas Becket From Vita S. Thomae, Cantuariensis Archepiscopi et Martyris. Grim was an eyewitness and, in fact, tried to stop the first blow. www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/grim-becket.html

Sacred Heart Parish: St. Thomas Becket Profile of the patron saint of Portsmouth. www.hullp.demon.co.uk/SacredHeart/saint/StThomasBeckethtm.htm

Todd Drain: St. Thomas Becket Fairly lengthy biographical essay. With prayers. www.cin.org/saints/td1229.html

The Murder of Becket Excerpt from a novel by Alfred Duggan. www.cin.org/saints/becketm.html

Thomas of Canterbury Includes a digression on "benefit of clergy", and an excerpt from T.S. Eliot's "Murder in the Cathedral". elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/12/29.html

Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Thomas Becket Biography of this martyr, also known as St. Thomas of Canterbury, where he was archbishop and where he was murdered in 1170. www.newadvent.org/cathen/14676a.htm

Saint Thomas Becket Entry for this bishop and martyr, from the book "Lives of Saints," published by John J. Crawley. www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/THOMBECK.htm

Thomas Becket Resources for the study of Becket and the controversies surrounding him, compiled by Scott McLetchie. Texts, bibliography (including films), virtual pilgrimage to Canterbury Cathedral. www.loyno.edu/~letchie/becket/index.htm

Thomas à Becket, Saint Biographical article, in the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Includes bibliography. www.bartleby.com/65/th/ThomasaB.html

The Life of S. Thomas, Martyr, of Canterbury A medieval hagiography. From "The Golden Legend," by Jacobus de Voragine. William Caxton translation. www.fordham.edu/../basis/goldenlegend/GL-vol2-thomasbecket.html

The Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket Miniature from a fifteenth-century Flemish book of hours. www.getty.edu/art/collections/objects/o3927.html

The Ecole Glossary: Thomas à  Becket Short biography, by Karen Rae Keck. Has some odd breaks in words. www2.evansville.edu/ecoleweb/glossary/becket.html

Catholic Online: St. Thomas Becket Brief biography. www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=12

Thomas Becket (of Canterbury) "Thomas stands for the principle of God against Caesar." www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/1229.htm#thom

Becket, Thomas Biographical article from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. 22.1911encyclopedia.org/B/BE/BECKET_THOMAS.htm