In December 1170, Thomas Becket, the archbishop of Canterbury ... pilgrim’s badges and reliquary caskets, the show explores “what happened that led to this person from otherwise ordinary ...

Encased in a dazzling modern reliquary, the bone will be displayed ... the theological niceties of relic-worship, or even with Thomas Becket. The re-homing of relics (the technical term is ...

a copper reliquary showing the execution The show brings home both Becket’s London origins and ... from a church that Thomas would have known. Thomas may have spoken French at home; his father ...

A small piece of bone thought to belong to St. Thomas Becket is, after centuries of ... Encased in a dazzling modern reliquary, the bone will be displayed in several Catholic and Protestant ...

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the execution of Mary Dyer, Thomas a Becket being consecrated ...

The really intriguing question, however, is what made the dead Saint Thomas Becket so popular ... had been given a miniature Becket reliquary to wear around her neck, while a full-length portrait ...

A container that it is claimed once held a relic of St Thomas Becket is to go on display at a cathedral. The enamelled reliquary of the saint will go on display for two days from 15 November at ...

St. Thomas Becket may be the least appealing of the saints. He was arrogant, inflexible, combative, and convinced that he was always right. And that was after his conversion. Yet, throughout the ...

Another is a copper reliquary showing the execution ... Read More Church artefacts likely to be removed following contested heritage guidance Murder of St Thomas Becket a ‘John F Kennedy moment’, ...

Encased in a dazzling modern reliquary, the bone will be displayed ... the theological niceties of relic-worship, or even with Thomas Becket. The re-homing of relics (the technical term is ...