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Canonization

England · Religion / Roman Catholic Church. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

13Records
642–2000Date range
8Named people
3Places

Chronological records

642

Oswald642

Northumbria · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Canonized, miracles performed in Maserfelth are accepted as signs of Oswalds sanctity

1037

John of York1037

Religion / Roman Catholic Church

John of York is canonized

1078

Alfege1078

Canterbury · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Lanfranc and Anselm remember Alfeges last known words, to the Danish cries of "Give us gold", he had replied, "The gold I give you is the Word of God". Alfege is canonized, two churchmen, Archbishop Lanfranc and St Anselm agree that sainthood had been achieved in the cause of divine justice

1172

Thomas a Becket1 March 1172

Canterbury · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Canonized by Pope Alexander III

1173

Thomas a Becket1173

Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Thomas a Becket is canonized

Henry II1173

Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Thomas a Becket is canonized

1248

Edmund of Abingdon1248

London · Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Miracles occur at his tomb & he is canonized

1886

Thomas More1886

Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Thomas More is beatified

1935

Thomas More22 June 1935

Religion / Roman Catholic Church

St Thomas More shares his feast day, June 22 on the Roman Catholic calendar of saints, with Saint John Fisher, the only remaining loyal Bishop owing to the deaths of eight bishops during the English Reformation

John Fisher1935

Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Canonized in by Pope Pius XI along with Thomas More, after the presentation of a petition by the English Catholics

Thomas More1935

Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Four hundred years after his death, Pope Pius XI canonizes St Thomas More in the Roman Catholic Church, and later declared Patron Saint of politicians and statesmen by Pope John Paul II

1980

Thomas More1980

Religion / Roman Catholic Church

Sir Thomas More is added to the Church of Englands calendar of saints

2000

Thomas More2000

Religion / Roman Catholic Church

John Paul II declares More "absolute priority of God in the heart of public affairs"

Names involved

AlfegeEdmund of AbingdonHenry IIJohn FisherJohn of YorkOswaldThomas a BecketThomas More

Provenance

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