Thomas Aquinas

theologian and philosopher

1225 – 1274 · 49 years · Paris · Europe

The greatest medieval theologian, who fused Christian doctrine with Aristotle's philosophy in the Summa Theologiae.

Portrait: Carlo Crivelli · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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