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Also Known As Doctor Angelicus • Aquinas • San Tommaso D’Aquino
Born 1224 or 1225 • Kingdom of Sicily
Died March 7, 1274 • Papal States
Title / Office saint (1323)
Notable Works “De regimine principum” • “Summa contra gentiles” • “Summa theologiae”

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St. Thomas Aquinas
Engraved portrait of Saint Thomas Aquinas in profile, facing right, wearing a robe with a hood.
Altarpiece painting by Francesco Traini showing Saint Thomas Aquinas seated at the center holding a book, surrounded by scholars, saints, and Christ above.
Andrea da Firenze: The Triumph of St. Thomas Aquinas
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