St. Thomas Aquinas St. Thomas Aquinas was known as a saint, a doctor of the church, and a man who made many contributions; not only to Dante but to the entire period in which he lived, which is known as the Middle Ages. St. Thomas was born at Roccasecca, the family castle near Naples, probably about 1225(Vann, 36). The precise year of Thomas’ birth is uncertain(Waltz, 4). He was born under the Italian sky to the …showed first 75 words of 1938 total…

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