How did Geoffrey Chaucer refer to Thomas Becket in The Canterbury Tales?

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St. Thomas Becket Murder of St. Thomas Becket, illustration from an English psalter, c. 1200; in the British Library.

In The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer refers to Thomas Becket as the "blisful martir". This description reflects the reverence held for the archbishop, whose shrine in Canterbury Cathedral served as the destination for the pilgrims in Chaucer’s work.123