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Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274)
Thomas Aquinas or Thomas of Aquin, Saint (a-kwī’nas). A great mediæval theologian and philosopher; born at Aquino in the kingdom of Naples, about 1225; died at Fossa Nuova, in the diocese of Terracina, March 7, 1274. His writings are very voluminous, being comprised in 28 vols. quarto. His greatest work is the ‘Sum of Theology.’ Among his other works are: ‘Sum of Catholic Belief against the Heathen’; ‘Exposition of all the Epistles of St. Paul.’ (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).