St. Thomas More

Also known as: Thomas Morus, Chancellor of England
Dates: 1478–1535
Role: Lord Chancellor of England, martyr; canonized 1935

Lord Chancellor of England and martyr. Spent fifty years in public life holding the highest offices yet did not increase his annual income to seventy gold pieces. Canonized in 1935.

Preliminaries

TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI. — Illustrious Chancellor of England and martyr; spent fifty years in public life holding highest offices yet did not increase annual income to seventy gold pieces
"that illustrious Chancellor of England and martyr, Blessed Thomas More, who, having spent fifty years in public life and holding the highest offices, yet did not increase his annual income to seventy gold pieces."