St Thomas Becket | ICN

St Thomas Becket | ICN: Martyr and archbishop of Canterbury. Thomas a Becket was born in Cheapside, London, on 21st December (which was the feast of St Thomas the Apostle) around 1120, the son of a prosperous London merchant, Gilbert Beket and his wife Matilda. The young Thomas was sent as a student to Merton ...

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