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Saint Thomas Becket
Archbishop of Canterbury	1162-1170
Birth	December 21, 1119/1120
Death	December 29, 1170 Kent, England
Feast Day	December 29

Thomas Becket (1119/1120-1170) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170 who defended the Church against demands by King Henry II. He was one of the three great medieval Archbishops of Canterbury (with Anselm before him and Stephen Langton after) to defend the Church in England against the Crown.

Knights of King Henry II interpreted his intense complaints about Becket as a call to murder him. The King's specific words which influenced the knights have been variously recorded: "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?", "Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest?", "Who will revenge me of the injuries I have sustained from one turbulent priest?", and "What a band of loathsome vipers I have nursed in my bosom who will let their lord be insulted by this low-born cleric!"

The King's knights murdered Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, and within three years he was canonized as a saint by the Church in Rome.

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-'''Thomas Becket''' (1118–1170) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170 who defended the Church against demands by King Henry II.  This forshadowed a future conflict between English King Henry VIII and Thomas More.
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+'''Thomas Becket''' (1119/1120-1170) was [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] from 1162 to 1170 who defended the Church against demands by [[King Henry II]]. He was one of the three great medieval Archbishops of Canterbury (with [[Anselm of Canterbury|Anselm]] before him and [[Stephen Langton]] after) to defend the Church in England against the Crown.
-Knights of King Henry II interpreted his intense complaints about Becket as a call to murder him.  Statements by the King included, "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?", "Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest?", "Who will revenge me of the injuries I have sustained from one turbulent priest?", and "What a band of loathsome vipers I have nursed in my bosom who will let their lord be insulted by this low-born cleric!"
+Knights of King Henry II interpreted his intense complaints about Becket as a call to murder him.  The King's specific words which influenced the knights have been variously recorded: "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?", "Who will rid me of this meddlesome priest?", "Who will revenge me of the injuries I have sustained from one turbulent priest?", and "What a band of loathsome vipers I have nursed in my bosom who will let their lord be insulted by this low-born cleric!"
-The King's knights murdered Becket in Canterbury Cathedral, and within three years he was canonized as a saint by the Church in Rome.
+The King's knights murdered Becket in [[Canterbury]] Cathedral, and within three years he was [[canonized]] as a [[saint]] by the Church in Rome.
-The movie ''Becket'', staring [[Peter O'Toole]] and [[Richard Burton]], is much acclaimed and is replaying on big screens in February and March 2007 throughout the United States.
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