venerated canonized_by death_date consecration feast_day nationality article_title birth_date term_end death_place attributes title term_start image diocese name beatified_by caption canonized_place consecrated_by predecessor birth_place saint_title buried parents patronage shrine beatified_date previous_post appointed successor religion canonized_date see province ordination birth_name
roman catholic church anglican communion pope alexander iii 29 december 1170 3 june 1162 29 december english thomas becket
 21 december c. 1118 -lrb- or 1120 -rrb- 29 december 1170 canterbury sword and neck chain , martyrdom , dressed in chancellor 's robe archbishop of canterbury 3 june 1162 english w3415v - open reverse.jpg - martyrdom of saint thomas becket - walters canterbury thomas becket pope alexander iii miniature of the murder , c. 1250 , walters art museum from , baltimore an english psalter presenting a spirited account st peter 's church in segni henry of blois theobald of bec cheapside , london bishop and martyr canterbury cathedral gilbert beket matilda exeter ; secular clergy college , oxford ; portsmouth ; arbroath abbey canterbury cathedral 21 february 1173 archdeacon of canterbury 24 may 1162 roger de bailleul roman catholic 21 february 1173 canterbury canterbury 2 june 1162 thomas becket
thomas becket

thomas becket -lrb- ; also known as saint thomas of canterbury , thomas of london , and later thomas à becket ; 21 december c. 1118 -lrb- or 1120 -rrb- -- 29 december 1170 -rrb- was archbishop of canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170 .
he is venerated as a saint and martyr by both the catholic church and the anglican communion .
he engaged in conflict with henry ii 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 .
