Saint Thomas Aquinas
vatican.va, Benedict XVI, general audience of June 2, 2010
Thomas wanted to be a Dominican friar, even though his family was against it. He was a great teacher, showed that faith and reason go together and wrote the Summa Theologiae. At the end of his life he said that everything he had written was like straw before God. vatican.va, Benedict XVI, general audience of June 2, 2010
The story, in plain words
Thomas was born in 1224 or 1225 in his family’s castle at Roccasecca, near Aquino, in Italy. vatican.va, Benedict XVI, June 2, 2010
In Naples he met the Dominicans, the Order founded by Saint Dominic, and he wanted to become one of them. vatican.va, Benedict XVI, June 2, 2010
His family was against it, but in 1245, once he was of age, he was able to follow his vocation. vatican.va, Benedict XVI, June 2, 2010
He studied in Paris with another saint, Saint Albert the Great, and the two became close friends. vatican.va, Benedict XVI, June 2, 2010 Thomas showed that Christian faith and reason…
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