Biography
| St. Thomas Aquinas | |
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Detail from Valle Romita Polyptych by Gentile da Fabriano |
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| Born | Thomas Aquinas About 1225 Roccasecca, Kingdom of Sicily |
| Died | 7 March 1274 Fossanova, Papal States |
| Ethnicity | Italian |
| Education | Order of Saint Benedict University of Naples Federico II |
| Occupation | Priest, Philosopher, Theologian |
| Influenced by | Aristotle, Avicenna, Averroes, Al-Ghazali, Augustine of Hippo, Boethius, John of Damascus, Paul the Apostle, Dionysius the Areopagite, Albertus Magnus, Maimonides, Anselm, Plato, Cicero, Eriugena |
| Influenced | Giles of Rome, Godfrey of Fontaines, Hooker, Locke, Dante, Leibniz, Martain, Gilson, Anscombe, Donoso Cortés, Eckhart, Chesterton, Joyce, Kenny, Pope Pius XII, Carvalho, Rothbard, Walker Percy; See also Thomism, Roman Catholic theology, Mortimer J. Adler, Cornelio Fabro, Fulton J. Sheen, Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange |
| Parents | Landulf of Aquino |
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