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Thomas Aquinas was born at Roccasecca.
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When Thomas Aquinas was five years old, he was taken to the monastery of Monte Cassino to be offered to God by his parents.
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St. Thomas Aquinas began attending the University of Naples to continue his religious studies.
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Secretly, Thomas Aquinas joined the order of the Dominican monks, and much to his dismay, his family protested and kidnapped him.
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After being released in 1245, Thomas Aquinas continued his studies with the Dominicans in Naples, Paris, and Cologne, Germany.
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After being ordained a priest in Cologne, Germany, Thomas Aquinas returns to Paris. He then writes Contra impugnantes Dei cultum, a defense of mendicant orders.
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As Thomas Aquinas served as regent master in theology at the University of Paris, he wrote Impugnantes Dei cultum et religion.
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Thomas Aquinas was sent to Italy, where he would teach at Anagni, Orvieto, Rome, and Viterbo and let the others gain the teaching experience that he had gained while Paris.
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Summa Theologica was written in 1256 and ended in 1274, and Summa Contra Gentiles followed. Critics of the faith describe Summa Contra Gentiles as philosophical, but apologetic for his earlier works.
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Thomas Aquinas returned when he was called for a second teaching regency. He became regent master again, and remained in Paris till 1272. During this period of time he wrote De virtutibus and De aeternitate mundi.
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Thomas was invited to the Second Council of Lyon in the May of 1274, where his works for Pope Urban IV would be showcased. While traveling to the meeting, Thomas Aquinas hit his head on the fallen branch of a tree and fell ill. He then stayed at the Fossanova, where he was cared for by the monks following his death.
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Pope John XXII canonized him.
