29 December – Saint Thomas of Canterbury

Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Eamus, et nos et moriamur cum eo.
Let us also go, that we may die with him.
John 11.16
Animam meam pono pro ovibus meis.
I give my life for my sheep.
> John 10.11

Modern Hagiography

Roman Martyrology

Sanctorale Catholicum

A Menology of England and Wales

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

Lives of the Saints by Francis Weninger.

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger.

An Alphabet of Saints by Robert Hugh Benson, Reginald Balfour, and Charles Ritchie.

Character Calendar 

Pictorial Lives of the Saints 

La vie des saints 

La vie des saints

Our Birthday Bouquet Culled from the Shrines of the Saints and the Gardens of the Poets by Eleanor C. Donnelly.

Pictorial Half Hours with the Saints by Auguste François Lecanu.

Miniature Lives Of The Saints For Every Day In The Year by Henry Sebastian Bowden.

Stories of the Saints for Children First Series by Mary Seymour. 

Memorials of the Blessed: A Series of Short Lives of the Saints by Charles B. Fairbanks.

Il libro d’oro

The lives of saints, with other feasts of the year, according to the Roman calendar by Peter Ribadeneira.

Historical Tales and Legends by Miss Caddell.

Lives and Legends of English Saints by L.M. Shortt.

Tradition in Action

The story of Thomas Becket has inspired much creative output, including plays by Alfred Lord Tennyson and T. S. Eliot.

Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement

The account of the murder of Thomas Becket by Edward Grim

The Golden Legend (and illustrations)

Writings of Saint Thomas

Documenta Catholica Omnia

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

Catalogo generale dei beni culturali

Portail Biblissima

POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine, search also with Canterbury and Cantorbéry

Seven places associated with Thomas Becket, including the church of St. Peter ad Vincula in South Newington, which preserves 14th-century wall paintings showing Thomas Becket’s martyrdom (informationphotos).

Enamelled boxes, chasses, from Limoges for the relics of Saint Thomas Becket. 

12th century frescoes in the Church of Santa Maria de Terrasse in Spain (photosinformation).

Re-interpreting the Becket Miracle Windows from Canterbury Cathedral (a scholarly talk).

A 15th C. series of scenes from the life of Thomas Becket in alabaster (onetwo three four).

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

Guide to Christian Iconography: Images, Symbols, and Texts

Kornbluth Photography Historical Archive

Medieval Religion Listserv – 2016 Dillon, 2016 Plumb.

Post-Biblical Saints Art Index

Saints and their Attributes

Legends of the Monastic Orders as Represented in the Fine Arts by Mrs. Jameson.

A Handbook of Christian Symbols and Stories of the Saints as Illustrated in Art by Clara Erskine Clement.

A Garner of Saints: Being a Collection of the Legends and Emblems Usually Represented in Art by Allen Hinds.

Lives and Legends of the English Bishops and Kings, Mediaeval Monks, and Other Later Saints by Mrs. Arthur Bell.

Saints and their Symbols: A Companion in the Churches and Picture Galleries of Europe by E. A. Greene.

The Saints in Art by Joseph Maria von Radowitz.

Emblems of Saints by Which They Are Distinguished in Works of Art by F. C. Husenbeth.

Music

Medieval Music Database

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant

Hymns to Saint Thomas of Canterbury in the Parochial Hymn Book

Scholarship

The BBC radio program, In Our Time, has an episode dedicated to Thomas Becket.