A Man for All Seasons
DVD
Item Number: 3095
The Academy Award winning drama about the conflict between St. Thomas More and King Henry VIII. Robert Shaw stars as Henry, who wants to divorce his wife to marry Anne Boleyn. Only Sir Thomas More has the conviction to oppose the King. More's valiant refusal to abandon his principle leads to his martyrdom. A stunning performance by Scofield who won Best Actor for his role as More.
Starring Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, and Orson Welles
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Feast Day:
Roman Rite Calendar - 06/22
Tridentine Calendar - 06/22
Patron Of:
Adopted Children, Civil Servants, Court Workers, Difficult Marriages, Large Families, Lawyers, Politicians, Statesmen, Stepparents, Widowers
Profile
Studied at London and Oxford. Page for the Archbishop of Canterbury. Lawyer. Twice married, father of one son and three daughters, and a devoted family man. Writer. Friend of King Henry VIII. Lord Chancellor of England, a position of power second only to the king. Opposed the king on the matter of royal divorce, and refused to swear the Oath of Supremacy which declared the king the head of the Church in England. Resigned the Chancellorship, and was imprisoned in the Tower of London. Martyred for his refusal to bend his religious beliefs to the king's political needs.
Born
1478 at London, England
Died
beheaded in 1535; head kept in the Roper Vault, Saint Dunstan's church, Canterbury, England; body at Saint Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London, England
Canonized
1935 by Pope Pius XI
All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.
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