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Thomas Aquinas OP (/əˈkwaɪnəs/, ə-KWY-nəs; Italian: Tommaso d'Aquino, lit. 'Thomas of Aquino'; 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest, an influential philosopher and theologian, and a jurist in the tradition of scholasticism from the county of Aquino in the Kingdom of Sicily, Italy. (Full article...)

Saint Thomas Aquinas portrait on an altarpiece in Ascoli Piceno, Italy, by Carlo Crivelli (15th century)


Attributes: The Summa theologiae; a model church; the sun on the chest of a Dominican friar
Patronage: Academics; against storms; against lightning; apologists; Aquino, Italy; Belcastro, Italy; book sellers; Catholic academies, schools, and universities; chastity; Falena, Italy; learning; pencil makers; philosophers; publishers; scholars; students; University of Santo Tomas; Sto. Tomas, Batangas; Mangaldan, Pangasinan; theologians
See also: Joseph Freinademetz; Jaime Hilario Barbal, Spain

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