One of the most well-known pilgrimage sites in Canterbury is the tomb of Thomas Becket, the archbishop who was murdered by ...

whose Cathedral shrine attracted pilgrims from all over Europe and Canterbury became the seat of the spiritual leader of the Church of England. The wealth and power of the Cathedral in the 12th ...

Murdered in the cathedral he presided over in 1170, Thomas Becket was buried where he worked, and canonized shortly thereafter. Since then, pilgrims have flocked to Canterbury Cathedral to pay ...