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4 days ago · The Church will mark this 700th anniversary next Tuesday with a Mass at 6:30 p.m. in Fossanova Abbey, the abbey about 60 miles south of Rome where Aquinas died. Pope Francis has designated Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, the prefect of the Vatican’s saints office, as his special envoy for the Mass.
6 days ago · Aquinas’ body was kept in Fossanova Abbey until 1369, when his relics were moved to Toulouse, France, where the Order of Preachers was founded and where Aquinas’ tomb can be venerated today in the Church of the Jacobins.
Oct 2, 2024 · After teaching in Paris for a second time, Thomas returned to Italy once again, this time to Naples, where he was called to participate in the Council of Lyon in 1274. However, the theologian never made it to France: Exhausted, he died in the Cistercian Abbey of Fossanova. Living Thomism
Sep 17, 2024 · Fossanova was the Cist. abbey in Lazio, Italy, where Thomas Aquinas d. in 1274. M. Stephen was a member of family of Ceccano; cf. M. Thomas de Ceccano, preb. Riccall, list 39.
Sep 30, 2024 · Learn about the history, relics, and art of one of the oldest and most important shrines to the Blessed Virgin Mary in the world. Discover how the basilica was built at her request after a miraculous snowfall and how Pope Francis honored her image in 2023.
Sep 22, 2024 · Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) was an influential Italian Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and one of the greatest theologians and philosophers of the Medieval ...
Oct 2, 2024 · Background. Having earlier worked in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana where he began to collect details on historic manuscripts, Muratori was employed by the Este family, Dukes of Modena, as librarian and archivist with the special duty of finding useful documents to justify the territorial claims of the family.
