The Anglican Communion commemorates him as a Reformation Martyr on 21 March , the anniversary of his death .
Yet both sides can agree in seeing Cranmer as a committed scholar whose life showed the strengths and weaknesses of a very human and often under - appreciated reformer .
The Anglican Communion commemorates Cranmer as a Reformation Martyr on 21 March , the anniversary of Cranmer 's death .
Yet both sides can agree in seeing Cranmer as a committed scholar whose life showed the strengths and weaknesses of a very human and often under - appreciated reformer .