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Sir Thomas More | |
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 Sir Thomas More (1527) | |
| Lord Chancellor | |
| In office October 1529 – May 1532 | |
| Monarch | Henry VIII |
| Preceded by | Thomas Wolsey |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Audley |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
| In office 31 December 1525 – 3 November 1529 | |
| Monarch | Henry VIII |
| Preceded by | Richard Wingfield |
| Succeeded by | William FitzWilliam |
| Speaker of the House of Commons | |
| In office 15 April 1523 – 13 August 1523 | |
| Monarch | Henry VIII |
| Preceded by | Thomas Nevill |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Audley |
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| Born | 7 February 1478 City of London, Kingdom of England |
| Died | 6 July 1535 (aged 57) Tower Hill, London, Kingdom of England |
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| Region | Western philosophy, Catholic |
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Notable ideas | Utopia |
Sir Thomas More PC (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More,[2] was an English lawyer, judge,[3] social philosopher, author, statesman, amateur theologian, and noted Renaissance humanist.[4] He also served Henry VIII as Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to May 1532.[5] He wrote Utopia, published in 1516, which describes the political system of an imaginary island state.[6]
More opposed the Protestant Reformation, directing polemics against the theology of Martin Luther, Huldrych Zwingli and William Tyndale. More also opposed Henry VIII's separation from the Catholic Church, refusing to acknowledge Henry as supreme head of the Church of England and the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. After refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, he was convicted of treason on what he stated was false evidence, and was executed. At his execution, he was reported to have said: "I die the King's good servant, and God's first."
Pope Pius XI canonised More in 1935 as a martyr.[7] Pope John Paul II in 2000 declared him the patron saint of statesmen and politicians.[8][9][10]
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- ^ "St. Thomas More". savior.org. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
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:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Kristeller, Paul Oskar (1980). "Thomas More as a renaissance humanist". Moreana. 17 (Number 65-6 (1–2): 5–22. doi:10.3366/more.1980.17.1-2.3. ISSN 0047-8105.
- ^ Linder, Douglas O. "The Trial of Sir Thomas More: A Chronology". University Of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) School Of Law.
- ^ King, Margaret L. (2014). Renaissance Humanism: An Anthology of Sources. Hackett Publishing. p. 157. ISBN 978-1-62466-146-4.
- ^ "Homily at the Canonization of St. Thomas More" "The Center for Thomas More Studies: Canonization of Thomas More". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2012. at The Center for Thomas More Studies at the University of Dallas, 2010, citing text "Recorded in The Tablet, June 1, 1935, pp. 694–695"
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- ^ "Holy Days". Worship – The Calendar. Church of England. 2011. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2011.