St. Thomas Aquinas

Question 1

Birthyear of St. Thomas

Answer 1

1226

Question 2

Place of birth of St. Thomas

Answer 2

Aquino County, Sicily

Question 3

Two Noble Parents:

Answer 3

Count Landulf of Aquino

Countess Theodora of Theate (Teano)

Question 4

He is youngest among how many children?

Answer 4

8 children

Question 5

His feast day and why?

Answer 5

January 28th, body was transferred back to Toulouse, France

Question 6

1789-1974, body was where?

Answer 6

St. Sernin Basilica of Toulouse

Question 7

1974, body was returned where?

Answer 7

Church of Jacobins

Question 8

Transfer of holy object from one place to another, it took how many people to accompany it?

Answer 8

Holy Translation, 150,000 people

Question 9

What is the Latin demonym of St. Thomas?

Answer 9

Aquinas, from his place

Question 10

Who called Thomas a “Dumb ox”?

Answer 10

St. Albert the Great, Albertus Magnus

Question 11

Titles given to St. Thomas

Answer 11

Doctor of the Church - Pope Pius V

Most brilliant light of the Church; Patron of All Universities and Students - Pope Leo XIII

Angelic Doctor - Pope Pius X

Universal Doctor of the Church - Pope Pius XI
The Master and Patron of Catholic Schools - Pope Benedict XV

Question 12

1230, Thomas was sent to?

Answer 12

Abbey of Monte Casino with Benedictine Monks (5-13 yrs old)

Question 13

Tomas secretly joined what in Naples?

Answer 13

Dominican Order

Question 14

Thomas was held captive for how many years?

Answer 14

2 years

Question 15

1239, he studied where?

Answer 15

University of Naples

Question 16

What did he studied in the University of Naples?

Answer 16

Philosophy

Question 17

He became a Dominican friar at the age of?

Answer 17

17 yo

Question 18

He continued his studies where?

Answer 18

Naples & Cologne

Question 19

What did he studied in Naples & Cologne?

Answer 19

Theology

Question 20

He was ordained to Dominican Order where?

Answer 20

Cologne, Germany

Question 21

Who called him to Rome where he taught?

Answer 21

Pope Urban IV

Question 22

Thomas declined the offer to become what? By whom?

Answer 22

Archbishop of Naples by Clement IV

Question 23

1274, Gregory X sent him to?

Answer 23

2nd council of Lyon

Question 24

Where did he died? With whom? When?

Answer 24

Monastery of Fossanova, with Italian Cistercian Monks, March 6/7 1274 (after 7 weeks of illness)

Question 25

When is St. Thomas’ Canonization? And by whom?

Answer 25

July 18 by Pope John Paul XXII

Question 26

First mentor of St. Thomas

Answer 26

St. Albert, the Great

Question 27

St. Albert was interested in this philosopher

Answer 27

Aristotle

Question 28

What are the two important works of St. Thomas?

Answer 28

Summa Contra Gentiles
Summa Theologica (Summary of Theology)

Question 29

What is Magnus Opus? What is St. Thomas Magnus Opus?

Answer 29

Great work, Summa Theologica