The Abbey of Fossanova

A place in the history of the Church

An abbey of monks in Italy.

What happened here

St. Thomas: he died at the Abbey of Fossanova on March 7, 1274, while he was on his way to a council in Lyon.

Source: Roman Martyrology, January 28; vatican.va, Benedict XVI, June 2, 2010; Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), “St. Thomas Aquinas”