He has been described as "the most influential thinker of the medieval period" and "the greatest of the medieval philosopher-theologians". He argued that God is the source of the light of natural reason and the light of faith. Thomas was a prominent proponent of natural theology and the father of a school of thought (encompassing both theology and philosophy) known as Thomism. Thomas Aquinas OP ( / ə ˈ k w aɪ n ə s/, ə- KWY-nəs Italian: Tommaso d'Aquino, lit.'Thomas of Aquino' 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest, an influential philosopher and theologian, and a jurist in the tradition of scholasticism from the county of Aquino in the Kingdom of Sicily, Italy. Virtually all of subsequent Western philosophy and Catholic theology. Tomas, Batangas Mangaldan, Pangasinan theologians The Summa Theologiae, a model church, the sun on the chest of a Dominican friarĪcademics against storms against lightning apologists Aquino, Italy Belcastro, Italy book sellers Catholic academies, schools, and universities chastity Falena, Italy learning pencil makers philosophers publishers scholars students University of Santo Tomas Sto. 18 July 1323, Avignon, Papal States by Pope John XXIIĢ8 January, 7 March (pre-1969 Roman Calendar)
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