Thomas Becket, also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London and later Thomas à Becket, served as Lord Chancellor from 1155 to 1162, and then notably as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his death in 1170. He engaged in conflict with Henry II, King of England, over the rights and privileges of the Church and was murdered by followers of the King in Canterbury Cathedral. Soon after his death, he was canonised by Pope Alexander III. He is venerated as a saint and martyr by the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion.
Saint Thomas or St. Thomas may refer to:
St. Peter's Church may refer to St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City or:
St James Church, St. James' Church or St. James Chapel or St. James Parish Church may refer to:
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Edward Welby Pugin was an English architect, the eldest son of architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and Louisa Barton and part of the Pugin & Pugin family of church architects. His father was an architect and designer of Neo-Gothic architecture, and after his death in 1852 Edward took up his practice. At the time of his own early death in 1875, Pugin had designed and completed more than one hundred Catholic churches.
St. Paul's Church or St Paul's Church or any variation thereof may refer to:
St. Stephen's Church, or Saint Stephen Church or variations, may refer to:
St. Matthew's Church, or variations such as St. Matthew Church or Saint Matthew's Catholic Church, may refer to:
Charles Eamer Kempe was a British Victorian era designer and manufacturer of stained glass. His studios produced over 4,000 windows and also designs for altars and altar frontals, furniture and furnishings, lychgates and memorials that helped to define a later nineteenth-century Anglican style. The list of English cathedrals containing examples of his work includes: Chester, Gloucester, Hereford, Lichfield, Wells, Winchester and York. Kempe's networks of patrons and influence stretched from the Royal Family and the Church of England hierarchy to the literary and artistic beau monde.
Saints in Christianity are a people recognised as having lived a holy life and as being an exemplar and model for other Christians. Beginning in the 10th century, the Catholic Church began to centralise and formalise the process of recognising saints through canonisation.
St. Bartholomew’s Church, or St Bart's, may refer to:
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The Church of St. Ann, Church of Saint Anne, St. Ann's Church, St. Anne's Church, St. Anne's Roman Catholic Church or variations may refer to:
St Thomas à Becket Church may refer to many churches in the United Kingdom, named for Saint Thomas of Canterbury, also known as Thomas Becket or Thomas à Becket, and St Thomas the Martyr.
St Saviour's Church, St. Savior's Church, Church of St Saviour, or variants thereof may refer to:
A list of Christian church buildings or ecclesiastical parishes named in honour of Saint Thomas Aquinas or having him as their patron. To be distinguished from similarly named lists of churches whose patron is
St Thomas of Canterbury Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Canterbury, Kent, England. It was built from 1874 to 1875 in the Gothic Revival style. It is situated on the corner of Burgate and Canterbury Lane, west of Lower Bridge Street, opposite the grounds of Canterbury Cathedral in the centre of the city. It is the only Roman Catholic church in Canterbury, built on the site of a medieval church ; the old St Mary Magdalen’s Tower was retained. The church contains relics of Thomas Becket.
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