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St. Thomas Becket - English
URL: http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/THOMBECK.htm

There is a romantic legend that the mother of Thomas Becket was a Saracen princess who followed his father, a pilgrim or crusader, back from the Holy Land, and wandered about Europe repeating the only English words she knew, "London" and "Becket," until she found him. There is no foundation for the story. According to a contemporary writer, Thomas Becket was the son of Gilbert Becket, sheriff of London; another relates that both parents were of Norman blood.

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St. Thomas Becket - English
URL: http://www.hullp.demon.co.uk/SacredHeart/saint/StThomasBeckethtm.htm

Born in London of a family of Norman origin in 1118, he studied at Merton Abbey south of London, and at Paris, before studying law at Bologna and working under Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury.

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CIN - St. Thomas Becket - English
URL: http://www.cin.org/saints/td1229.html

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Catholic Information Network (CIN)

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The Murder of Becket, St. Thomas a Becket, St. Thomas of Canterbury, Alfred Duggan - English
URL: http://www.cin.org/saints/becketm.html

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The Murder of Becket, St. Thomas a Becket, St. Thomas of Canterbury, Alfred Duggan

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Patron Saints Index: Saint Thomas a Becket - English
URL: http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintt09.htm

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Also known as Thomas Beckett; Thomas of Canterbury Memorial 29 December Profile Of Norman ancestry. Educated at Merton Priory, Paris, Bologna, and Auxerre. Civil and canon lawyer. Soldier and officer. Archdeacon of Canterbury. Friend of King Henry II. Chancellor of England. Archbishop of Canterbury. Opposed the King's interference in ecclesiastical matters. Exiled several times. Martyr.

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Catholic Online - Saints - St. Thomas Becket - English
URL: http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=12

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There is a romantic legend that the mother of Thomas Becket was a Saracen princess who followed his father, a pilgrim or crusader, back from the Holy Land, and wandered about Europe repeating the only English words she knew, "London" and "Becket," until she found him.

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Biography: Thomas of Canterbury, Archbishop and Martyr (29 Dec 1170) - English
URL: http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/12/29.html

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On December 29, we remember Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, slain in his own cathedral in 1170, for his defiance of King Henry II. The death of Thomas reminds us that a Christian, even when safe from pagans, can be in danger from his fellow-Christians. It also reminds us that one can be martyred in a cause where the merits of the particular issue at hand are not obvious to all men of good will.

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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Thomas Becket - English
URL: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14676a.htm

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Martyr, Archbishop of Canterbury, born at London, 21 December, 1118 (?); died at Canterbury, 29 December, 1170. St. Thomas was born of parents who, coming from Normandy, had settled in England some years previously. No reliance can be placed upon the legend that his mother was a Saracen.

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Thomas Becket - English
URL: http://www.loyno.edu/~letchie/becket/index.htm

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Resources for the study of Thomas Becket and the controversies surrounding him.

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Thomas a Becket, Saint. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 - English
URL: http://www.bartleby.com/65/th/ThomasaB.html

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1118–70, English martyr, archbishop of Canterbury, b. London. He is called St. Thomas of Canterbury and occasionally St. Thomas of London.

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Medieval Sourcebook: The Golden Legend: St. Thomas Becket - English
URL: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/goldenlegend/GL-vol2-thomasbecket.html

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Here followeth the Life of S. Thomas, martyr, of Canterbury, and first the exposition of his name.

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Edward Grim’s Account of the Murder of Thomas Becket - English
URL: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/grim-becket.html

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