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| Saint Thomas (“the Angelic Doctor”), 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church. |
| A·qui·nas (ə-kwī'nəs) Italian Dominican friar, theologian, and philosopher. The most influential thinker of the medieval period, his philosophy combined Aristotelianism and elements of Neo-Platonism within a context of Christian thought. His works include the Summa contra gentiles (1259-1264) and the Summa theologiae or theologica (1266-1273). |