Canterbury cathedral was the location of the martyrdom of St Thomas Becket.
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No, Thomas Becket was not a missionary.
Thomas Becket was born on December 21, 1118.
The date of the martyrdom of St Thomas Becket was 29 December 1170, at around 5 in the afternoon (monks were just beginning the Office of Vespers).
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Thomas Becket was born on December 21, 1118.
Thomas Becket's middle name was Edward.
Thomas Becket's was the first to die due to a severe cold in winter. Evidence proves that she died before her husband from letters to Becket from his father ".....thy mother wouldst be happy if she lived....."
Thomas Becket was not called Thomas à Becket during his own lifetime. He was called Thomas à Becket, by people who wrote about him much later, possibly in imitation of the name Thomas à Kempis, who was another medieval monk. Also Thomas Becket was commonly known as "Thomas à Becket", although this form seems not to have been contemporaneous, but a post-Reformation adornment, possibly in imitation ofThomas à Kempis.
Thomas was the son of Gilbert Becket and his wife Matilda.
Thomas Becket was born in Cheapside, London around 1118