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St Thomas Aquinas - patron of academics, scholars, students, storms, lightning
This medal features an image of St. Thomas Aquinas on one side and the words "Pray for Us" on the other side. Made in Italy, silver oxidized and is approximately 2.5cm or 7/8" tall.
Saint Thomas Aquinas, O.P. | |
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Religious, priest and Doctor of the Church | |
Born | 28 January 1225 Roccasecca Kingdom of Sicily |
Died | 7 March 1274 Fossanova Papal States |
Honored in | Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion Lutheranism |
Canonized | July 18, 1323, Avignon Papal States, by Pope John XXII |
Major shrine | Church of the Jacobins Toulouse, France |
Feast | 28 January (7 March, until 1969) |
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; Falerna, Italy; learning; pencil makers; philosophers; publishers; scholars; students; theologians. |