Dated to between 1194 and 1230, this sculpted relief is located on the left pillar of the left portal of the south porch at Chartres Cathedral. It depicts the martyrdom of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury who was murdered in his cathedral in 1170.
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Archbishop of Canterbury who opposed Henry II of England, and was killed in Canterbury Cathedral by two knights from Henry's court, in 1170.
This fragmentary wall painting of Thomas Becket survives on a nave pier at St Albans Cathedral, one of the principal centres of Becket devotion in medieval England. The saint stands frontally, raising his right hand in blessing and holding a crozier in his left. The image presents him as archbishop and intercessor rather than as martyr.