Saint Thomas More - Montreal, PQ
N 45° 30.260 W 073° 33.337
18T E 612835 N 5039993
One of six painted wooden carvings of noted Saints or Beatified Catholics in the Chapelle Notre-Dame du Sacré-Cœur (Church of the Sacred Heart) in Montreal.
Waymark Code: WM13BJZ
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 11/01/2020
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The artist is unknown and they are in the atrium area at the opposite end of the Church from the the Altar. A description of the life of the memorialized person follows (wikipedia):
Saint Thomas More was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to May 1532. He wrote Utopia, published in 1516, which describes the political system of an imaginary island state.
More opposed the Protestant Reformation, directing polemics against the theology of Martin Luther, Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin and William Tyndale. More also opposed Henry VIII's separation from the Catholic Church, refusing to acknowledge Henry as supreme head of the Church of England and the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. After refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, he was convicted of treason and executed. On his execution, he was reported to have said: "I die the King's good servant, and God's first".
Pope Pius XI canonized More in 1935 as a martyr. Pope John Paul II in 2000 declared him the patron saint of statesmen and politicians. The Soviet Union in the early twentieth century honored him for the purportedly communist attitude toward property rights in Utopia.
Associated Religion(s): Roman Catholic
Statue Location: The atrium area at the opposite end of the Church from the the Altar
Entrance Fee: Depends upon what time you visit - Free, $5, $10
Artist: Not listed
Website: Not listed
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