Saint Thomas Aquinas, of the order of preachers (1225-1274)

Saint Thomas Aquinas, of the order of preachers (1225-1274)

Author: Conway, John Placid, 1855-1913

Year: 1911

CONTENTS. PART I : MORN. CHAP. PAGE I. His Birth and Early Education 2 II. Vocation and Trials 13 PART II : NOON. III. He Studies at Cologne, and Paris: His Bachelorship and Priesthood 23 IV. He Graduates as Doctor 39 V. First Period of His Writings : His System and Method of Study 45 PART III: EVENING. VI. Second Period of His Writings 62 VII. His Heroic Sanctity 76 VIII. Third Period of His Writings : His Death 90 PART IV: THE NIGHT OF REST. IX. His Miracles, and Canonization 103 X. Translations of His Relics 111 Epilogue. Commendations of His Doctrine 113 Concise Bibliography 118 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. "Divus Thomas Qurm Discipulus a vivo Expressit" Frontispiece From a Portrait now in Collegio Angellico, Rome, by unknown artist, almost contemporary. "St. Thomas as Justice." Roof-medallion from Orcagna's "Triumph of St. Thomas" in the Strotzi Chapel, Church of Sta Maria Novella, Florence To face p. 20 From a Photograph by Alinari. St. Thomas Aquinas. Lunette Fresco in Cloister of San Marco, Florence, by Fra Angelico da Fiesoll 76 From a Photograph by Alinari. Altar-piece by Guercino, in the Chapel of St Thomas Aquinas, Church of St. Dominic, Bologna 102 From a Photograph by Alina