Thomas à Becket

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Thomas_Becket
gptkb:Saint_Thomas_of_Canterbury
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:Henry_II_of_England
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London
gptkbp:birthYear 1119
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Canterbury_Cathedral
gptkbp:canonizedBy 1173
gptkbp:commemoratedBy numerous churches and chapels
The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Canterbury_Cathedral
gptkbp:deathYear 1170
gptkbp:diedIn gptkb:murder
gptkbp:education gptkb:Bologna
gptkb:Paris
gptkb:Merton_Priory
gptkb:Auxerre
gptkbp:feastDay December 29
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Thomas à Becket
gptkbp:killedBy knights of King Henry II
gptkbp:majorShrine gptkb:Canterbury_Cathedral
gptkbp:nationality English
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:martyrdom
conflict with King Henry II
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:bishop
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Gilbert_Becket
gptkb:Matilda_Becket
gptkbp:patronSaint gptkb:Canterbury
gptkb:Portsmouth
gptkb:Sicily
gptkb:Exeter
secular clergy
pastoral clergy
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Theobald_of_Bec
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:subjectOf T. S. Eliot's play 'Murder in the Cathedral'
Geoffrey Chaucer's 'The Canterbury Tales'
numerous medieval biographies
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Richard_of_Dover
gptkbp:title gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkb:bishop
gptkb:saint
gptkbp:veneratedIn gptkb:Anglican_Communion
gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Church
gptkb:Lutheran_Church
Catholic Church
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:T._Becket
gptkb:Thomas_Beckett
gptkb:Thomas_A._Beckett
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8