St. Thomas More
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St. Thomas More (1478-1535) was a scholar who studied law at Oxford. He used to join the monks at a nearby Carthusian Monastery during their spiritual exercises, and once considered becoming a monk. Instead, he continued ascetical practices but remained a layman, entered Parliament, married good-natured Jane Colt and had four children. After her death, he married widow Alice Middleton. In 1516 he wrote "Utopia," a reknowned book about an ideal society.
Thomas More quickly rose in prominence, and King Henry VIII made him Lord Chancellor. Thomas resigned when King Henry demanded an annulment of his marriage to Catherine and denied Papal supremacy. He was tried and convicted of high treason for not recognizing the king as head of the Church, and was sentenced to death by beheading.
As he climbed the scaffold, he said "I pray you, I pray you, Mr. Lieutenant, see me safe up and for my coming down, I can shift for myself." Right before he was beheaded, he declared himself "the king's good servant, but God's first."
He is the patron saint of lawyers. You can read more about him HERE.
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Thomas More quickly rose in prominence, and King Henry VIII made him Lord Chancellor. Thomas resigned when King Henry demanded an annulment of his marriage to Catherine and denied Papal supremacy. He was tried and convicted of high treason for not recognizing the king as head of the Church, and was sentenced to death by beheading.
As he climbed the scaffold, he said "I pray you, I pray you, Mr. Lieutenant, see me safe up and for my coming down, I can shift for myself." Right before he was beheaded, he declared himself "the king's good servant, but God's first."
He is the patron saint of lawyers. You can read more about him HERE.
<3 Meg