Saint13th century · Feast January 28
Also known as Tommaso d'Aquino, The Angelic Doctor
Dominican theologian who married reason and faith with unmatched clarity in the Summa Theologiae.
Thomas defied his noble family to join the young Dominican order. He studied under Albert the Great, taught in Paris and Naples, and produced a body of work that has shaped Catholic thought ever since.
The rediscovery of Aristotle in the Latin West set the intellectual stage for Thomas's synthesis of philosophy and revelation.
The life of the mind offered in prayer; truth as a path to God.
Thomas invites students, scholars and doubters to seek God with rigour and humility.
People turn to St Thomas Aquinas in matters of:
God of truth, by the example of St Thomas grant us clear minds and humble hearts, that we may love what we come to know. Amen.
1225
Born at Roccasecca
1244
Joins the Dominicans
1265
Begins the Summa Theologiae
1274
Dies at Fossanova
January 28 · Other
St Thomas Aquinas
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