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[[File:Hans Holbein, the Younger - Sir Thomas More - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=caption|''Sir Thomas More'', by Hans Holbein the Younger (1527)]] | [[File:Hans Holbein, the Younger - Sir Thomas More - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=caption|''Sir Thomas More'', by Hans Holbein the Younger (1527)]] | ||
(1478–1535), saint, statesman, scholar and author, was an incarnation of [[El Morya]]. He served as Lord Chancellor of England under King Henry VIII. He discharged his duties wisely and well, but was beheaded because he failed to support the king in his departure from the laws of the Church regarding his marriage to Ann Boleyn. | (1478–1535), saint, statesman, scholar, and author, was an incarnation of [[El Morya]]. He served as Lord Chancellor of England under King Henry VIII. He discharged his duties wisely and well, but was beheaded because he failed to support the king in his departure from the laws of the Church regarding his marriage to Ann Boleyn. | ||
He was beatified by the Roman Catholic Church in 1886 and canonized in 1935. More’s most famous work, Utopia, is an attempt to depict an ideal society, one in which men live in harmony under the holy will of the Most High God. | He was beatified by the Roman Catholic Church in 1886 and canonized in 1935. More’s most famous work, ''Utopia'', is an attempt to depict an ideal society, one in which men live in harmony under the holy will of the Most High God. | ||
== Early life == | == Early life == | ||