Becket

The bad guys entered through this archway

Thomas fell here

Scene of the crime

And then there is this shrine, in the chancel, which marks the 
spot of the original official shrine, 13th-16th centuries, until 
Henry VIII ordered it removed; nobody likes Henry II or VIII

For obscure reasons, our patron saint is Thomas Becket. It's mostly about the movie, Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole. And a date to see the movie. But we never miss the martyrdom sight when we're in Canterbury.

Interestingly, we had a long conversation with a prelate, a local, who regards Thomas as an interloper who only spent enough time in Canterbury to get killed there; wasn't a church-man anyway, "really." A far more substantial local figure he recommended was St. Dunstan, who, from the description, indeed sounded impressive and willing to defy quite a few kings. We still like Richard Burton.