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St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas, from the Demidoff Altarpiece, tempera on poplar by Carlo Crivelli, 1476; in the National Gallery, London.
After leaving the monastery at Monte Cassino, St. Thomas Aquinas entered the University of Naples. It was during his time there that he became acquainted with the Dominican order, which he eventually joined at approximately 20 years of age.12