Pewter St. Thomas Beckett Badge

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Canterbury Cathedral and the shrine of St. Thomas was definitely the most popular pilgrimage site in all of England. A Canterbury pilgrimage is the subject of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. His pilgrims would probably have brought back badges of this type. St. Thomas was commonly prayed to by the sick and ailing. Based on MLA1955,10-I,I in the British Museum. English, circa 1320. Available with an integral pin or with stitching holes for sewing.