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St. Thomas More's skull may be exhumed from Canterbury church after nearly 500 years
Sue Palmer stated, "It is unusual to have any relics in an Anglican church, especially those of a Catholic saint, and the PCC ...
Skull of Catholic Saint May Be Exhumed 500 Years Later Under Church Plan
St. Thomas More (1478–1535) served as Lord Chancellor of England under King Henry VIII. A renowned scholar and author of ...
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Margaret Douglas: The Women Who Defied Henry VIII – Twice!
Margaret Douglas was a formidable figure in Tudor history. A cousin of Queen Elizabeth I, her position in Tudor politics was ...
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Church of England weighs proposal to place St. Thomas More’s skull in shrine for veneration
The Church of England is weighing plans to exhume and enshrine the head of St. Thomas More , the patron saint of statesmen and politicians, in time for the 500th anniversary of his 1535 martyrdom.
Tower of London mystery as archaeologists unearth 50 human bodies from ‘rushed’ burials in ‘biggest dig’ in 4 decades
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have uncovered the remains of up to 50 people in the Tower of London. Historians believe that many of bodies ...
'First there is trust, then passion, then death': Why the 'Virgin Queen' never married
Elizabeth I is the only English queen never to have married. The iconic Tudor monarch's last visit to Kenilworth Castle 450 ...