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Barnsley Road, Sandal Magna
(St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School)

Saint Thomas Becket's Assassination

Saint Thomas Becket
London 1118 - Canterbury 1170
Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170
(Wikipedia)

artist unknown
date?

Wakefield / Saint Thomas Becket's Assassination

Description

Large stone relief showing the assassination of Saint Thomas Becket by four knights. Above the group the text: christvs factvs est pro nobis obediens (Phil. 2:8-9.

Signature

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Locatie (N 53°39'39" - W 1°29'0") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbyh225; Photograph: 17 June 2023
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