Medieval Studies Workshop examines the legend of Thomas Aquinas

‘History, Legend or Myth?’
Medieval Studies Workshop examines the legend of Thomas Aquinas

FROM RICE NEWS STAFF REPORTS

The third and final installment of this year’s Rice University Medieval Studies Workshop will begin at 7 p.m. March 13 in Humanities Building, Room 117, with a lecture about the legend of Thomas Aquinas. It will conclude with an undergraduate symposium at noon March 14 in Sewall Hall, Room 309. Both events are free and open to the public.

A prominent theologian during the Middle Ages, Thomas Aquinas was an Italian
Catholic priest who was the father of Thomism — a philosophical system
that integrated Christian doctrine with the philosophy of Aristotle.

The keynote lecture, “The Image of Thomas Aquinas in Dominican Painting,” will be given by M. Mich

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