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Sir Thomas More PC (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, amateur theologian, and noted Renaissance humanist.
Thomas More has been widely remembered as a man of tremendous integrity, and he has since been described as a martyr and canonized a saint. Pope Leo XIII beatified More in 1886, and he was canonized by Pope Pius XI on May 19, 1935.
Jun 4, 2024 · Thomas More was an English humanist and chancellor of England who was beheaded for refusing to accept King Henry VIII as head of the Church of England. He is recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.
5 days ago · On June 22, the Catholic Church honors the life and martyrdom of St. Thomas More, the lawyer, author and statesman who lost his life opposing King Henry VIII's plan to subordinate the Church...
St. Thomas More is widely known as "a man for all seasons," but he is best known for the final season of his life. A prominent government official when Henry VIII seized control over the church in England, Thomas refused to go along with the power grab.
Apr 13, 2024 · St. Thomas More (1478-1535) is most widely known for his defense of Christ’s teaching on the Sacrament of Marriage. It was a complicated case, but one that ultimately made him a martyr.
6 days ago · Husband, father, chancellor, and lawyer, Thomas More was reluctantly martyred by King Henry VIII in 1535. Made famous by his own holy life and featured in the movie "A Man for All Seasons," Saint Thomas More is the patron of those in the legal profession.
Saint Thomas More, (born Feb. 7, 1478, London, Eng.—died July 6, 1535, London; canonized May 19, 1935; feast day June 22), English statesman and humanist. He studied at Oxford and was successful as a lawyer from 1501. He served as an undersheriff of London (1510–18) and endeared himself to Londoners as a fair judge and consultant.
Apr 23, 2020 · Sir Thomas More (1478-1535 CE) was a lawyer, scholar, statesman, and Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547 CE) who was executed in July 1535 CE for his refusal to endorse Henry's break of the Church in England from the Catholic Church in Rome.
Nov 15, 2023 · Thomas More (1478–1535), as the young “man for all seasons” first so called by Erasmus (9 June 1510 letter to More [EW 271.27] and c. September 1521 letter to Guillaume Budé [EW 1376.9]), has been recognized as one of the foremost early modern humanists in England, particularly in view of his well-known Utopia and his History of King ...
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