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Photograph of A Saint Thomas Aquinas Roundel Convento De Las Duenas Salamanca Spain
Photograph of A Saint Thomas Aquinas Roundel Convento De Las Duenas Salamanca Spain

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Also known as: Thomas Aquino; Thomas of Aquino; Angel of the Schools; Angelic Doctor; Doctor Angelicus; Doctor Communis; Great Synthesizer; The Dumb Ox; The Universal Teacher; Universal Doctor

Saint
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

January 28

Died

March 7, 1274

Canonized

18 July 1323 by Pope John XXII

Biography

Saint Thomas Aquinas, also known as Thomas Aquino, Thomas of Aquino, Angel of the Schools, Angelic Doctor, Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis, Great Synthesizer, The Dumb Ox, The Universal Teacher, and Universal Doctor, was born in the family castle in Lombardy near Naples, Italy, around 1225. He was the son of the Count of Aquino....