the cults of Thomas Becket and Edward the Confessor

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

On this day back in 1170 Thomas Becket was murdered. Steffen Hope takes a look at the cult that developed for him, comparing it to another English saint - Edward the Confessor...

http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/29/saintly-rivals-a-brief-comparison-of-the-cults-of-thomas-becket-and-edward-the-confessor/

Saintly Rivals - a brief comparison of the cults of Thomas Becket and Edward the Confessor -...

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The trajectories of these two cults make for an interesting comparison because their origins are close to each other in space and time, but also because of the many differences between them.