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

Thomas Aquinas OP (/əˈkwnəs/ ə-KWY-nəs; Italian: Tommaso d'Aquino, lit.'Thomas of Aquino'; c. 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest, the foremost Scholastic thinker, as well one of the most influential philosophers and theologians in the Western tradition. He was from the county of Aquino in the Kingdom of Sicily. (Full article...)


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