Thomas Becket's bones translated at Canterbury
1212
Archbishop Stephen Langton presided over the solemn translation of Becket's relics to a new shrine in Canterbury Cathedral's Trinity Chapel. The ceremony, attended by thousands, cemented Canterbury as England's chief pilgrimage site until Henry VIII smashed the shrine. The gold and jewel-encrusted tomb drew pilgrims from across Europe, their offerings making the cathedral one of the wealthiest foundations in Christendom.
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.