After all, Thomas Aquinas is known as the “Angelic Doctor” due to his virtues, particularly his purity and profound intellectual work, and his comprehensive theological writings on angels.

After all, Thomas Aquinas is known as the “Angelic Doctor” due to his virtues, particularly his purity and profound intellectual work, and his comprehensive theological writings on angels.

"There is no break when Thomas moves from the professor's chair to that of preacher," notes Torrell. For Aquinas, his spiritual doctrine and his theology are inextricably tied to one another.

The skull of St. Thomas Aquinas is on a three-week tour throughout the United States in a rare chance for people to see a first-class relic of a Doctor of the Church.

As a Catholic philosopher and avid student of Aquinas, I am always fielding questions about whether this medieval saint is "still worth" reading today, nearly 800 years after his birth.

The relic of St. Thomas Aquinas’ skull is processed at Providence College, Dec. 4, 2024, during a tour stop in Providence, R.I. (Video screen grab) Saints were even said to collude in this process.