(CN) — The most important pilgrimage destination in medieval England has come back to life — albeit in digital form. Visited for hundreds of years by pilgrims seeking miraculous healing, the shrine of ...
The shrine of Saint Thomas Becket, the most important pilgrimage destination in medieval England - visited for hundreds of years by pilgrims seeking miraculous healing - has been digitally ...
St. Thomas Becket (1118-1170) is well-known for his martyrdom in Canterbury Cathedral, defending religious liberty in England from the designs of his former friend, King Henry II Plantagenet. But ...
A medieval Canterbury landmark that once sheltered pilgrims journeying to Thomas Becket's shrine now faces the prospect of ...
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Thomas Becket was born in England in 1118. At 24, he obtained a post in the household of Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury. The archbishop was fond of Thomas, and made him Archdeacon of Canterbury, a ...