Saint Thomas Becket

Thomas Becket, also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury and Thomas of London (21 December 1119 or 1120 – 29 December 1170), was an English cleric and statesman who served as Lord Chancellor from 1155 to 1162, and then as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his death in 1170. Born into a Norman family in London, Becket received his early education at Merton Priory in Surrey before studying in London and Paris....