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St. Thomas Aquinas’ skull just went on tour − here’s what the medieval saint himself would have said about its veneration
Yet venerating relics remains far from a “relic” of the past. At the end of 2024, the skull of St. Thomas Aquinas – the great Dominican medieval thinker whose writings I study – made its first tour of ...
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Face of a Saint: Thomas Aquinas’ Appearance Revealed After 750 Years
Witness accounts noted in the study claim the saint had struck his head when a tree had fallen on his way to Naples, Italy.
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The Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas: Reflections on his legacy
Today is the feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas. He is one Catholic theologian, alongside St. Augustine of Hippo, who has continued to fascinate me. My admiration for them has grown so deep that I ...