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Thomas Aquinas OP (/əˈkwaɪnəs/; 1225 – 7 March 1274) also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino was an Italian Dominican friar and priest and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism within which he is also known as the Doctor Angelicus Doctor Communis and Doctor Universalis. Aquinas is from the county of Aquino an area his family held land in until 1137.

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birth date
1225-01-28
birth place
Italy, Kingdom of Sicily, Roccasecca, Aquino
canonized by
Pope John XXII
canonized date
1323-07-18
canonized place
Avignon, Papal States
death date
1274-03-07
death place
Italy, Lazio, Papal States, Fossanova Abbey
individualised GND number
118622110
LCCN Id
n/78/95790
major shrine
Toulouse
title
Doctor of the Church, Religious priest and
venerated in
Anglican Communion, Lutheranism, Catholic Church

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