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Vie de saint Thomas Becket

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The Vie de saint Thomas Becket is a work by Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence, a scholar who wrote the first vernacular biography of St. Thomas Becket around 1174.1

St. Thomas Becket served as the chancellor of England and later the archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of King Henry II. His career was defined by a significant conflict with the king, which tragically concluded with Becket's murder in Canterbury Cathedral on December 29, 1170. He is recognized as a saint and martyr within the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. Guernes de Pont-Sainte-Maxence was deeply devoted to Becket and visited Canterbury to read his work to pilgrims visiting the martyr's tomb.231

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