| Born | 1181/1182, Papal States |
28th January 1225, (in Roccasecca, Kingdom of Sicily) |
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| Died | 3 October 1226 (aged 43-45), Assisi, Papal States |
7 March 1274, (in Fossanova, Kingdom of Sicily) |
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| Introduction (from Wikipedia) | A series of articles on Christian mysticism |
Thomas Aquinas, also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino, was an Italian Dominican priest of the Roman Catholic Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism. |
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| Major shrine | Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi |
Church of the Jacobins, Toulouse, France |
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| Feast | October 4 |
28 January (7 March, until 1969) |
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| Attributes | Cross, Dove, birds, animals, wolf at feet, Pax et Bonum,, Poor Franciscan habit, Stigmata, Tau Cross ("T-shaped") |
The Summa theologiae, a model church, the sun on the chest of a Dominican friar |
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| Patronage | animals; the environment; Italy; merchants; stowaways; cub scouts |
Aquino, Italy; Belcastro, Italy; Falerna, Italy; book sellers; chastity; pencil makers; philosophers; publishers; scholars; ;Academics; against storms; against lightning; apologists; |
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| Honored in | Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Lutheran Church, Old Catholic Church |
Roman Catholic Church, Anglican Communion, Lutheranism |
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| Canonized | July 16, 1228, Assisi by Pope Gregory IX |
July 18, 1323, Avignon, Papal States, by Pope John XXII |
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Comments: St. Francis Of Assisi vs St. Thomas Aquinas