Thomas More

Holiday / observanceJune 22

Thomas More

Christian feast day: Thomas More (Catholic Church)

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June 22
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Sir Thomas More, venerated in the Catholic Church as a martyr and saint, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, theologian and Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord Chancellor from October 1529 to May 1532. He wrote Utopia, published in 1516, which describes the political system of an imaginary island state.

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