July
08
/ 2020
800 years to the day since the body of England ’s legendary Saint Thomas Becket was moved to Canterbury Cathedral in Kent, in southeast England, this mysterious and deeply sacred building has been digitally reconstructed using new evidence and the resulting computer-generated imagery (CGI) posted online. Thomas Becket was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 AD. He lived a life defending the rights of the Catholic Church until his murder, in 1170 AD, by the knights of his former friend, King Henry II. Regarded as a martyr by both the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion, he was venerated as Saint Thomas Becket and his tomb became the most important pilgrimage site in England - among the most sanctified in Europe
