ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
HE WAS BORN AROUND 1225 A.D. in Rossasecca, Sicily. He was sent to a Benedictine monastery in nearby Monte Cassino but later chose to become a Dominican friar. He attended the University of Cologne where he was nicknamed "Dumb Ox" (and probably bullied) because he was fat and also because he listened more than he spoke. He got his doctorate at the University of Paris. Thomas was quickly recognized as a brlliant philosopher and theologian. At age 31, he began writing his famous book opus Summa Theologica. He wanted to bring together and show how they formed a unified whole in one book, the sum of many volumes, all the truths of the Catholic faith. Thomas wrote in the Summa Theologica the many gifts of the Holy Spirit, the Third Person in the Holy Trinity (appearing as a dove) and defining each as:
Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Strength, Knowledge: Direct the Intellect
Fortitude, Reverence, Fear of the Lord: Direct the Will Toward God
Thomas died on March 7, 1274. He was canonized less than 50 years later.
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