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Quotation from St. Thomas Becket and the Canterbury Miracles by Edward Grim; Benedict of Peterborough; William of Canterbury tradition
“And anon the knights smote him, and one of them smote off the crown of his head, and another brake the point of his sword upon the pavement”
St. Thomas Becket and the Canterbury Miracles, Golden Legend, Saint Thomas of Canterbury, trans. William Caxton/F. S. Ellis tradition
The compressed martyrdom scene turns Becket's wound into the relic source for the later healing cult.
Citation: "And anon the knights smote him, and one of them smote off the crown of his head, and another brake the point of his sword upon the pavement" — Edward Grim; Benedict of Peterborough; William of Canterbury tradition, St. Thomas Becket and the Canterbury Miracles, Golden Legend, Saint Thomas of Canterbury, trans. William Caxton/F. S. Ellis tradition. (id st-thomas-becket-and-canterbury-miracles-q1)
Portrait: BecketHenryII (Thomas Becket), Peter of Langtoft, Public domain.
