Born:Tommaso d'Aquino, c. 1225, Roccasecca, Kingdom of Sicily
Died:7 March 1274 (aged 48–49), Fossanova, Papal States
Feast:28 January, 7 March (pre-1969 Roman calendar/traditional Dominican calendar)
Region:Western philosophy
School:Scholasticism, Thomism, Aristotelianism, Theological intellectualism, Moderate realism, Virtue ethics, Natural law, Correspondence theory of truth
Canonized:18 July 1323, Avignon, Papal States by Pope John XXII
Education:Abbey of Monte Cassino, University of Naples, University of Paris
Patronage:Academics; against storms; against lightning; apologists; Aquino, Italy; Belcastro, Italy; booksellers; Catholic academies, schools, and universities; chastity; Falena, Italy; learning; pencil makers; philosophers; Saint Philip Neri Seminary; publishers; scholars; students; University of Santo Tomas; Sto. Tomas, Batangas; Mangaldan, Pangasinan; theologians
Attributes:The Summa Theologiae, a model church, the sun on the chest of a Dominican friar
Major shrine:Church of the Jacobins, Toulouse, France
Other names:Doctor Angelicus (Angelic Doctor), Doctor Communis (Universal Doctor), Doctor Humanitatis (Doctor of Humanity/Humaneness), Bos Mutus (Dumb Ox)