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Becket: Origin, Geographical Distribution |
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| (Fr.) Frolicksome, merry, gay. Rightly named was Richard Folioth, Bishop of Hereford, who, when he had incurred the hatred of many for opposing himself against Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, one cried with a loud voice at his chamber window at midnight: 'Folioth, Folioth, thy god is the Goddess Azaroth' He suddenly and stoutly replied: ' Thou liest, foul fiend, my God is the God of Sabaoth. Camden. | |
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| Becket: Place of Origin : London (United Kingdom) | Kent (United Kingdom) | Oxfordshire (United Kingdom) | Essex (United Kingdom) | North Yorkshire (United Kingdom) | Lancashire (United Kingdom) |
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