Thomas More

Sir Thomas More (English: Sir Thomas More; February 7, 1478 - July 6, 1535), an English politician, writer, philosopher and utopian socialist, was one of the representatives of the Northern Renaissance. In 1516, he wrote the book "Utopia" in Latin. This book had a great influence on the future development of socialist thought and is considered "the starting point of the five hundred years of socialist development history." Born in a family of judges in London in 1478, he served as a lawyer, deputy finance minister, minister of the Duchy of Lancaster, speaker of the House of Commons, and chief justice. In 1535, he was executed by Henry VIII for opposing the creation of the Anglican Church in England and the implementation of the policy of theocracy. In 1935, Pope Pius XI canonized Thomas More as a saint, and in 2000, John Paul II declared Thomas More the patron saint of statesmen and politicians.