Biography Saint Thomas Aquinas was a Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church. He is also known as the DoctorAngelicus and the DoctorCommunis. Thomas Thomas embraced several ideas put forward by Aristotle whom he called "the Philosopher"and attempted to synthesize Aristotelian philosophy with the principles of Christianity. The works for which he is best known are the SummaTheologiae and the SummacontraGentiles. His commentaries on Scripture and on Aristotle form an important part of his body of work. Furthermore, Thomas is distinguished for his eucharistic hymns, which form a part of the Church's liturgy. Thomas Aquinas is considered one of the Catholic Church's greatest theologians and philosophers. Thomas was most probably born in the castle of Roccasecca , located in Aquino , old county of the Kingdom of Sicily . A...