Leper healer – the sister of Thomas Becket
Mary Becket was the sister of Saint Thomas Becket and an unsung hero who created a leper colony in London as Tony McMahon discovers
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How the murder of Thomas Becket netted the Templars a tidy sum
The murder of Thomas Becket by Henry II of England netted the Knights Templar a tidy sum. Templar expert Tony McMahon explains why.
The murder of Thomas Becket
The murder of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, scandalised Europe and created a popular saint.
Christians who sought martyrdom from Muslims
The story of a group of Christians who deliberately sought martyrdom from the Muslims of Morocco – and got what they wanted!
The Lost Gospels – Apocrypha – and the mysteries they reveal
There were originally way more than four gospels and the lost gospels of the New Testament shed a whole different light on Jesus Christ
Saint James – an apostle in Spain?
How Saint James became the patron saint of crusaders and his shrine at Santiago de Compostela
Christian saints based on pagans
Templar expert Tony McMahon looks at how the lives of Christian saints were often based on pagan heroes and deities worshipped for centuries before
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