Category:Saint Thomas More

Born: 7 February 1478 in the City of London, London, Kingdom of England Died: 6 July 1535 (aged 57) at Tower Hill, Liberties of the Tower of London, Tower Hamlets, Kingdom of England Religion: Roman Catholicism Honored in: Catholic Church; Anglican Communion Beatified: 1886, Florence by Pope Leo XIII Canonized: 19 May 1935, Rome by Pope Pius XI Feast: 22 June (Catholic Church) 6 July (on some local calendars) 9 July on the traditionalist Catholic (Latin Mass) calendar Attributes: dressed in the robe of the Chancellor and wearing the Collar of Esses; axe Patronage: Adopted children; civil servants; court clerks; difficult marriages; large families; lawyers, politicians, and statesmen; stepparents; widowers; Ateneo de Manila Law School; Diocese of Arlington; Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee; Kerala Catholic Youth Movement; University of Malta; University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Arts and Letters


 * Thomas was born to Sir John More and his wife Agnes in either 1477 or 1478 on February 7. He entered Caterbury hall at Oxford about the year 1492, and he entered New Inn as a law student about the year 1494. He became a member of Parliament in 1501, and was married in 1505. He became Under-Sheriff of London in 1515, and became Speaker of the House of Commons in 1523. In 1529, he succeeded Cardinal Wolsey as Chancellor of England, and became the first layman to hold the position. After King Henry VIII's determination to divorce his wife Catherine and marry Anne Boleyn, Thomas More resigned the chancellorship in 1532 and stayed out of the public scene. He was eventually imprisoned in the Tower of London, and was executed on July 6, 1535. He was beatified by Pope Leo XIII in the Decree of December 29, 1886, and was canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1935.