So today is the Feast Day of St. Thomas Aquinas, the guy I chose as my patron saint when I was baptized in 2019. I chose him for two obvious reasons: he was a real smart guy, and he was a fellow of rather generous proportions. In fact one of the few stories I knew of him before my conversion is that he was so large (how large was he?) that he was so large that a half-moon had to be cut out of the refectory table so he could sit comfortably at it.
Maybe just a story. But completely on record is his smartyness, so much so that people are quoting his work to this day. Come up with some new 'insight' (heresy) about religion today? Chances are he already refuted it 700 years ago.
Here's Wikipedia's summation: "The Feast of Saint Thomas Aquinas is a liturgical feast in the Roman Catholic Church and certain other Christian traditions, honoring Saint Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225 – 7 March 1274), an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, theologian, and Doctor of the Church. Known as the "Angelic Doctor" for his theological clarity and purity of life, Thomas is celebrated for his synthesis of faith and reason, notably in his Summa Theologiae, and his Eucharistic hymns integral to the Church’s liturgy. Observed annually, the feast reflects both universal Catholic practices and local customs, with its date and observance evolving over time. The feast date was moved to January 28 in 1969."
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