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- 1956-01-08 (Creation)
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The sepia-coloured image depicts the young St Thomas More (+1535) with the Holy Bible in his hands. St Thomas died a martyr after being indicted for high treason and consequently beheaded, the reason being because he opposed greatly King Henry VIII of England as regards to his divorce from his first wife Catherine of Aragon to marry Anne Boleyn and with the passing of the Act of Succession in 1534, which required all who should be called upon to take an oath acknowledging the issue of Henry and Anne as legitimate heirs to the throne. Besides this, More was also opposed to the papal supremacy as a royal proclamation ordered all clergy to acknowledge Henry VIII as 'Supreme Head' of the Church, and the laws against heritics. The image is a memento commemorating the feast of the Holy Family by the "St Thomas More" Circle in Hamrun run by the Male Section of the Catholic Action in Hamrun.
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- English
- Maltese