Thomas Aquinas

Dominican friar who taught in Paris and Naples; his Summa Theologiae joined Aristotle’s philosophy to Christian theology.

Lived	1225 – 1274
Known as	Theologian
Birthplace or main place	Naples
Places on the map	Naples, Paris

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Who ruled these places in his lifetime

Place	At birth (map of 1200)	At death (map of 1200)
Naples	Duchy of Benevento	same
Paris	Kingdom of France	same

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Events in his lifetime

Year	Event	Where
1257	The Sorbonne is founded	Paris

Contemporaries

Lived	Person
c. 1210 – 1291	Saadi	Poet
1215 – 1294	Kublai Khan	Founder of the Yuan dynasty
1207 – 1273	Rumi	Poet and Sufi mystic
1194 – 1250	Frederick II	Holy Roman Emperor and King of Sicily
1254 – 1324	Marco Polo	Merchant and traveller

Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.

Thomas Aquinas

Who ruled these places in his lifetime

Events in his lifetime

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Contemporaries