John Maurice, Prince of Nassau-Siegen, conquered the Portuguese possessions of Saint George del Mina, Saint Thomas, and Luanda, Angola, on the west coast of Africa.

In the following year he became provisional Principal of the Theological College of Saint Thomas ( from which he had just graduated ), and in 1903 his appointment was made permanent.

He certainly corresponded with Elias III, the Patriarch of Jerusalem, and possibly sent a mission to India in honour of Saint Thomas the Apostle, whose tomb was believed to lie in that country.

Saint Thomas Aquinas's aesthetic is probably the most famous and influential theory among medieval authors, having been the subject of much scrutiny in the wake of the neo-Scholastic revival of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and even having received the approbation of the celebrated Modernist writer, James Joyce.

It was consecrated in 1197 with a dedication to the deceased Saint Thomas Becket, whom the king had met at the English court.

) She graduated from Waltrip High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Saint Thomas in Houston.

In the 13th century Saint Thomas Aquinas aimed to recapture the teachings of the Church Fathers on the role of the Holy Trinity in the economy of salvation.

* International Council of Universities of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Saint Thomas Aquinas ’ argument from contingency applies even if the universe had no beginning, but it would still have to be sustained in being at any particular moment by God.

She was also a patron of Renaissance humanism, and a friend of the great scholars Erasmus of Rotterdam and Saint Thomas More.

In the 13th century, Saint Thomas Aquinas provided the first systematic Christology that consistently resolved a number of the existing issues.

Category: People from Saint Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands

The tales ( mostly written in verse although some are in prose ) are presented as part of a story-telling contest by a group of pilgrims as they travel together on a journey from Southwark to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral.

This studium was transformed into the Order's first studium provinciale by Saint Thomas Aquinas in 1265.

Part of the curriculum of this studium was relocated in 1288 at the studium of Santa Maria sopra Minerva which in the 16th century world be transformed into the College of Saint Thomas ().

In the 20th century the college would be relocated to the convent of Saints Dominic and Sixtus and would be transformed into the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum.

* Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas

The medieval universities of Western Christendom were well-integrated across all of Western Europe, encouraged freedom of enquiry and produced a great variety of fine scholars and natural philosophers, including Thomas Aquinas of the University of Naples, Robert Grosseteste of the University of Oxford, an early expositor of a systematic method of scientific experimentation ; and Saint Albert the Great, a pioneer of biological field research The University of Bologne is considered the oldest continually operating university.

The Saint Thomas Christians (" Nasrani ") of southwestern India may have connections with the Essenes, according to the Manimekalai, one of the great Tamil epic poems, which refers to a people called " Issani ".

* 1837 – Thomas Burgess, English author, philosopher, Bishop of Saint David's and Bishop of Salisbury ( b. 1756 )

Saint Thomas Aquinas, the greatest of the medieval scholastics, refused to admit the Immaculate Conception, on the ground that, unless the Blessed Virgin had at one time or other been one of the sinful, she could not justly be said to have been redeemed by Christ.

1274 ), second only to Saint Thomas in his influence on the Christian schools of his age, hesitated to accept it for a similar reason.

Personalistic idealists Borden Parker Bowne and Edgar S. Brightman and realistic personal theist Saint Thomas Aquinas address a core issue, namely that of dependence upon an infinite personal God.

* 1624 – Sir Thomas Warner founds the first British colony in the Caribbean, on the island of Saint Kitts.

Brigham Young (; June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877 ) was an American leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and a settler of the Western United States.

The Catholic Church sees as the main basis for this belief the words of Jesus himself at his Last Supper: the Synoptic Gospels (; ; ) and Saint Paul's recount that in that context Jesus said of what to all appearances were bread and wine: " This is my body … this is my blood.

(; ) ( 1098 – 17 September 1179 ), also known as Saint Hildegard, and Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, Benedictine abbess, visionary, and polymath.

Saint Jerome ( c. 347 – 30 September 420 ; ( also Hierom or Jerom ) (; ) was a Roman Christian priest, confessor, theologian and historian, and who became a Doctor of the Church.

Saint Stephen I (; ; Esztergom, Principality of Hungary, 967 or 969 or 975 – 15 August 1038, Esztergom or Székesfehérvár, Kingdom of Hungary ), born as Vajk, was Grand Prince of the Hungarians ( 997 – 1000 ) and the first King of Hungary ( 1000 – 1038 ).

Sir Thomas More (; 7 February 14786 July 1535 ), known to Catholics as Saint Thomas More since 1935, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist.

Saint Paul (; abbreviated St. Paul ) is the capital and second-most populous city of the U. S. state of Minnesota.

The Saint Lawrence (; Tuscarora: Kahnawáʼkye ; Mohawk: Kaniatarowanenneh, meaning " big waterway ") is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean.

Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov, Count Sumarokov-Elston (; March 23, 1887, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire – September 27, 1967, Paris, France ), was best known for participating in the murder of Grigori Rasputin, the faith healer who was said to have influenced decisions of Tsar Nicholas II and Tsaritsa Alexandra Feodorovna.

São Carlos (; named after Saint Charles Borromeo ) is a city of 221, 950 inhabitants ( IBGE / 2010 ) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Saint Bonaventure, O. F. M., (; 1221 – 15 July 1274 ), born Giovanni di Fidanza, was an Italian medieval scholastic theologian and philosopher.

Thomas of Celano (; c. 1200 – c. 1265 ) was an Italian friar of the Franciscans ( Order of Friars Minor ), a poet, and the author of three hagiographies about Saint Francis of Assisi.

Saint André Bessette, C. S. C., (; 9 August 1845 – 6 January 1937 ), born Alfred Bessette and since his canonization sometimes known as Saint André of Montreal ,< ref >

Saint-Étienne (; ; Saint Stephen ) is a city in eastern central France.

Saint Croix (; ; ; ; ) is an island in the Caribbean Sea, and a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands ( USVI ), an unincorporated territory of the United States.

Saint Balthild of Ascania (;, " bold sword " or " bold spear "; c. 626 – January 30, 680 ), also called Bathilda, Baudour, or Bauthieult, was the wife and queen of Clovis II, king of Burgundy and Neustria ( 639 – 658 ).

Efrem Kurtz (; November 7, 1900, Saint Petersburg, RussiaJune 27, 1995, London ) was a Russian conductor.

St Andrews (; ) is a former royal burgh on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, named after Saint Andrew the Apostle.

Saint Helier (; French language: Saint-Hélier, Jèrriais: Saint Hélyi ) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel.

São Paulo (; ; Saint Paul ), is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and Americas, and the world's seventh largest city by population.

São Miguel Island (; named for the Archangel Michael or, literally, Portuguese for Saint Michael ), has been nicknamed " The Green Island ".