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Also Known As Saint Theodorus of Canterbury • Saint Theodore of Tarsus
Born c.602 • Tarsus • Turkey
Died September 19, 690 • Canterbury • England
Stephen Langton
archbishop of Canterbury
St. Gregory the Great
pope
Murder of St. Thomas Becket
St. Thomas Becket
archbishop of Canterbury
Godfrey Kneller: painting of James II
James II
king of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary
queen of Scotland
Mary I
Mary I
queen of England
Thomas Cardinal Wolsey
Thomas, Cardinal Wolsey
English cardinal and statesman
Saint Wilfrid
English saint
Reginald Pole, detail of a portrait attributed to Fra Sebastiano del Piombo; in a private collection
Reginald Pole
archbishop of Canterbury
Stephen Gardiner
English bishop and statesman
Saint John Fisher
English priest
A.W.N. Pugin
British architect and author
Hubert Walter
archbishop of Canterbury
George Jeffreys, detail of an oil painting attributed to H. Claret; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys
English judge
George Calvert, 1st Baron of Baltimore, engraving
George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore
British statesman
Saint Dunstan of Canterbury
English archbishop
Nicholas Wiseman
English cardinal
John Leslie, detail of an engraving
John Leslie
Scottish bishop
Lanfranc
archbishop of Canterbury
Roberto Ridolfi
Italian conspirator