Thomas More was canonized in 1935 by the Catholic Church. During his chancellorship between 1525-1529 in the campaign against the reformation people were killed and tortured in his name, for example, for the crime of owning an English Bible, something that is quite normal nowadays. For what reasons do the Catholic Church justify his canonization?

I watched *A Man for All Seasons* a few years ago and I know that somehow St. Thomas More found a loophole that his family could remain Catholic and Faithful and in England while he had had no choice but to be beheaded to remain faithful. What was the precise argument that he used to justify his departure from this life while his family still lived in hopes that they could remain landed and Catholic?

Besides his martyrdom, what were some specific things that led to the canonization of Thomas More?