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Noun Named Entity
Categories: English Roman Catholic saints, People murdered in England, History of Kent, History of Catholicism in England, English murder victims
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Becket  Thomas a Becket  Saint Thomas a Becket  St. Thomas a Becket  Thomas Becket
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(Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170) WordNet 3.0
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(Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Thomas Becket, also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London and later Thomas à Becket, served as Lord Chancellor from 1155 to 1162, and then notably as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his death in 1170. Wikipedia
Martyred Archbishop of Canterbury and Catholic saint Wikipedia Disambiguation
Chancellor of England, Archbishop of Canterbury, saint Wikidata
IS A
archbishop
martyr
saint
homo
CANONIZATION STATUS
Catholic saint
CATEGORY DOMAIN
Roman Catholic
CONSECRATOR
Robert of Bath
Hilary of Chichester
Richard Peche
Bartholomew of Exeter
Robert de Chesney
+7 relations
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
Kingdom of England
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Encyclopedic Lexicon
Orthodox Theological Encyclopedia
Obalky knih.cz
EDUCATED AT
University of Bologna
FEAST DAY
December 29
GIVEN NAME
Thomas
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
Anglo-French
Latin
Middle English
MANNER OF DEATH
homicide
OCCUPATION
judge
religious servant
Catholic priest
theologian
OWNER OF
Fermo chasuble of St. Thomas Becket
PLACE OF BIRTH
Cheapside
PLACE OF BURIAL
Canterbury Cathedral
PLACE OF DEATH
Canterbury Cathedral
POSITION HELD
bishops in the Catholic Church
RELIGION
Catholic Church
SEX OR GENDER
male
WordNet 3.0
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Becket, Thomas a Becket, Saint Thomas a Becket, St. Thomas a Becket
Open English WordNet
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Thomas Becket, Becket, Thomas a Becket, Saint Thomas a Becket, St. Thomas a Becket
Wikipedia
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Thomas Becket
Wikidata
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Thomas Becket
Wikipedia Redirections
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Wikidata Alias
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Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket, Saint Thomas a Becket, Saint Thomas Becket, Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Saint Thomas à Becket, St. Thomas Becket, Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London, Thomas the Martyr, Thomas À Becket, à Becket, Saint Thomas

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