Archbishop Thomas Becket

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkb:saint
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:bishop
gptkb:King_Henry_II_of_England
gptkbp:birthDate c. 21 December 1119
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Thomas_Becket
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Cheapside,_London,_England
gptkbp:canonizedBy gptkb:Pope_Alexander_III
21 February 1173
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:murder
gptkbp:commemoratedBy numerous churches and cathedrals
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
gptkbp:deathDate 29 December 1170
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Canterbury_Cathedral,_Canterbury,_England
gptkbp:denomination gptkb:Roman_Catholic
gptkbp:education gptkb:Bologna
gptkb:Paris
gptkb:Merton_Priory
gptkb:Auxerre
gptkbp:feastDay 29 December
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Archbishop Thomas Becket
gptkbp:killedBy knights loyal to King Henry II
gptkbp:majorShrine gptkb:Canterbury_Cathedral
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:martyrdom
conflict with King Henry II of England
defense of church rights
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:bishop
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Gilbert_Becket
gptkb:Matilda_Becket
gptkbp:patronage gptkb:Aragon
gptkb:London
gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkb:Sicily
gptkb:Exeter
secular clergy
English Catholic clergy
pastoral clergy
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Theobald_of_Bec
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Canterbury_Cathedral
gptkbp:subjectOf T. S. Eliot's play 'Murder in the Cathedral'
Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales' (pilgrimage to his shrine)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Richard_of_Dover
gptkbp:termEnd 1170
gptkbp:termStart 1162
gptkbp:veneratedIn gptkb:Anglican_Communion
gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Lutheran_Church
gptkb:Roman_Catholic_Church
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Saltwood_Castle
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7