Thomas Aquinas

Japanese: トマス･アクイナス（英語表記）Thomas Aquinas

Around 1225 - 74
Italian theologian, philosopher, and saint, one of the thinkers who established the Golden Age of Scholasticism.
[Life and works]
Thomas was born in Roccasecca, the castle of his father, as the youngest son (of three brothers and five sisters) of Landolfo of Aquino, a knight in the service of Emperor Frederick II, and Theodora from Lombardy. As their territory was located almost halfway between Rome and Naples, on the border between the Papal States and the Imperial States, the family was constantly embroiled in conflicts, and Thomas spent his childhood surrounded by the clanging of arms and the neighing of war horses.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1225ころ‐74
イタリアの神学者，哲学者，聖人。スコラ学の黄金時代を築いた思想家の一人。
［生涯と著作］
　皇帝フリードリヒ2世に仕える騎士アクイノのランドルフォとロンバルディア出身のテオドラの間の末子(3人の兄，5人の姉がある)として，父親の居城ロッカセッカで生まれる。領地がローマとナポリのほぼ中間，教皇領と皇帝領の境界線に位置していたため，一族はたえず紛争にまきこまれ，トマスは武具の響き，軍馬のいななきにかこまれて幼年時代を送った。

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