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Becket wasn’t even an ordained priest. So, on 2 June he was ordained a priest and on the 3rd he was consecrated as archbishop of Canterbury. A meteoric ecclesiastical rise that continued apace because (spoiler alert) ten years later he was canonized a saint. By now, he must be an archangel at least – that’s if he isn’t the current God.
Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens
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