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Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas depicted in stained glass
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Birth nameThomas Aquinas
Birth date1225
Place of birthAquino, Kingdom of Sicily
Date of death7 March 1274(age 49)
Occupationpriest, philosopher, theologian
Notable worksSumma Theologica
Influenced byAristotle, Averroes, Avicenna, Albertus Magnus, Paul the Apostle, Boethius, Eriugena, Anselm, Maimonides, Augustine of Hippo, John of Damascus
InfluencedGiles of Rome, Godfrey of Fontaines, Hooker, Locke, Dante, Leibniz, Martain, Gilson, Anscombe, Donoso Cortés, Eckhart, Chesterton, Joyce, Kenny, Pope Pius XII, Carvalho; See also Thomism, Roman Catholic theology, Mortimer J. Adler, Cornelio Fabro, Fulton J. Sheen, Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

Thomas Aquinas

St. Thomas Aquinas, by Fra Angelico, O.P.
Personal information
NameSaint Thomas Aquinas
TitlesDoctor of the Church
Birth datec. 1229
Birth placeAquino, Kingdom of Sicily
Death date7 March 1274(age 49)
Death placeFossanuova Abbey, Kingdom of Sicily
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Anglican Communion
Canonized1323, Avignon, France by Pope John XXII
Major shrineChurch of the Jacobins, Toulouse, France
Feast28 January (new), 7 March (old)
AttributesThe Summa Theologica, a model church, the Sun
PatronageAll Catholic educational institutions

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Saint Thomas Aquinas, O.P., also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino; (Aquino, 1225 - Fossanova, 7 March 1274) was an Italian priest of the Catholic Church in the Dominican Order, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus (the Angelic Doctor) and Doctor Communis or Doctor Universalis (the Common or Universal Doctor). He is frequently referred to as Thomas because "Aquinas" refers to his residence rather than his surname. He was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology, and the father of the Thomistic school of philosophy and theology. His influence on Western thought is considerable, and much of modern philosophy was conceived as a reaction against, or as an agreement with his ideas, particularly in the areas of ethics, natural law and political theory.

Aquinas is held in the Eastern Orthodox Church to be the model teacher for those studying for the priesthood. The works for which he is best-known are the Summa Theologica and the Summa Contra Gentiles. One of the 33 Doctors of the Church, he is considered the Church's greatest theologian and philosopher. Pope Benedict XV declared: "The Church has declared Thomas' doctrine to be her own."

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