Wirth, Jean (Author)
Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali
Volume: 21
Pages: 397--410
Publication date: 2013
Language: French
Edition Details: Article in a special issue, “Mittelalterliche Legenden von Philosophen und Gelehrten / The Medieval Legends of Philosophers and Scholars”
Because the work of saint Thomas Aquinas doesn't give any autobiographic information, the essential part of what we learn about his life comes from the canonisation process and the legends. Significant contradictions come into sight between these hagiographic sources, about the miracles which are attributed to him, the tribulations of his mortal remains, his gluttony or his asceticism. His supposed abduction by members of his family had the complicity of the emperor for guelph authors, of the pope for ghibelline ones. The contradictions are equally strong between his supposed opinions and his work. For example, nothing is said about his aristotelianism and his theology is supposed inspired by nobody else than the Bible and the Fathers. We can conclude that we know almost nothing about his life and that each modern biographer composes with the different sources the portrait of the saint he wishes to give.
...MoreArticle Robert, Aurélien (2013) Épicure et les épicuriens au Moyen Âge. Micrologus: Natura, Scienze e Società Medievali (p. 3).
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