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Sir Thomas More (February 7, 1478 - July 6, 1535) was Lord Chancellor of England under King Henry VIII and had a European reputation as a humanist author. His most famous work was Utopia in which he created an imaginary island-kingdom in which some modern scholars have seen an idealized opposite of More's contemporary Europe and in which other modern scholars have seen a wicked satire of the same Europe. More was canonised as a saint of the Catholic Church in 1935. His feast day is June 22. In 2000, Saint Thomas More was declared "The heavenly Patron of Statesmen and Politicians" by Pope John Paul II. See http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/stt04003.htm.
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Good answer from wickedwillie although, at the moment, your link doesn't seem to be working. Just one addition that may be mentioned in the link but isn't explicitly stated in your answer: King Henry VIII was the one who dissociated England from the Roman Catholic Church (largely because the Pope wouldn't grant him the divorce he wanted). Henry had Thomas More executed because More protested this move and refused to acknowledge him as Supreme Head of the Church.
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