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Becket, Saint Thomas à
     
Becket, Saint Thomas à
(1118-70) an English priest who became the Archbishop of Canterbury. He had a serious argument with the king, Henry II, and was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral by some of the king's soldiers.
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