Perhaps the most famous archbishop of Canterbury is St. Thomas Becket, who held the office during King Henry II’s reign in the 12th century. Becket’s career was marked by a long quarrel with Henry over the rights and privileges of the Roman Catholic Church, which ended with Becket’s murder by four knights in Canterbury Cathedral on December 29, 1170. He is venerated as a saint and martyr in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Anglican Communion.
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