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 mid-14th-century mural of St Thomas Becket survives on a south nave pillar at St Albans Cathedral, one of the most important centres of Becket devotion in medieval England. Though now heavily worn, the figure remains legible enough to convey both identity and meaning through gesture and attribute.