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Where did Thomas Becket live during his exile from England?

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

During his six-year exile from England (1164–1170), Thomas Becket lived in France under the protection of Louis VII. He initially resided at Pontigny Abbey, but after King Henry II threatened the monks there, Becket relocated to an abbey near Sens.1