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St Thomas Aquinas - patron of academics, scholars, students, storms, lightning
Saint Thomas Aquinas, O.P. | |
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![]() An altarpiece in Ascoli Piceno , Italy, by Carlo Crivelli (15th century) | |
Religious, priest and Doctor of the Church | |
Born | 28 January 1225 [ 1 ] Roccasecca , Kingdom of Sicily |
Died | 7 March 1274 [ 1 ] 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. [ |