Thomas Aquinas
1224-1225 - 7 March 1274
Part II
Reliefs, Statues.
Buildings:
Churches and Priories,
Colleges, Parishes, Seminary, Universities.
Miscellaneous.
Reliëfs
Haut-relief 1654, by un unknown artist,
on the front of the Capilla del
Rosario, Bogotá, with Maria,
Dominic, Thomas
Aquinas,
Catherine of Siena, and
Cristóbal of Torres, O.P.
or Pius V, O.P.
Colombia 1938, Mi 390; Sc 458.
On the facade
of the Capilla del Rosario, Bogotá,
haut-relief
(1654) by an unknown artist, with
Madonna del Rosario, Dominic,
Thomas Aquinas,
Catherine of Siena and Cristobal of Torres or
Pius V, O.P.
Colombia
1954, Mi 712, Sc 632.
Colombia 1959, Mi 847, Sc C316.
Statues
On the facade
of the church Santa Maria
Rotunda
of the Dominican
priory
at Wien
(1670)
Dominican saints, so Thomas Aquinas.
Austria 1966, Mi 1202, Sc 757.
Gian Lorenzo Bellini, 7 December - 18 November 1680.
Gian Lorenzo Bellini (07.12.1598-18.11.1680) built
on the
Saint
Peter's Square the Colonnade, 1665-1557.
Thomas Aquinas is the 70th statue at the right.
Vatican City 1980, Mi 772, Sc 674.
The statue of Thomas Aquinas decorates the
monument of
Cardinal Désiré Joseph Mercier
(21.11.1851-23.01.1926).
promoter and professor
of the Thomistic philosophy at the
University of Leuven..
Belgium 1932, Mi 338, (idem 340); Sc B 119 (idem B 120).
Matteus Wenzel Jäckel, 1655 - 1738.
Over the Vltava River (Moldau) in Prague, Czech Republic, is built by order of Emperor Charles IV the Carlsbridge by Peter Parler (1330-13.07.1399); first stone, 09.07.1367. On this bridge the statue of the Madonna with Child on the globe, Saint Dominic with cross and Thomas Aquinas with a book.
This statue is made by Matteus Wenzel
Jäckel (1655-1738) in 1708, and a gift of
the Dominicans of the St. Aegid-priory in Prague.
The authentic group is
replaced by a copy in 1961. There are
many stamps of the Carlsbridge, but it
is difficult to clearly see
the named group.
Czechoslovakia 1957, Mi 1004, Sc 787.
BUILDINGS
Churches and Priories.
The Architect Martin of Solozano began
the construction
of
the priory Santo
Tomás in Avila
in 1453, resulting
in a
beautiful Isabelline Gothic style, which occasionally
housed
the royal families during the summers.
In the center of the church the alabaster tomb
of the only
son
of the
Catholic Monarchs,
the Prince Don Juan
(1478-1497),
made by Domenico Fancelli in 1512.
The high altar is the creation of Pedro de Berguguete (ca 1450-1504) with panels about Thomas Aquinas' life, painted 1494-1498. In the choir of the church the prior Tomas of Torquemada, O.P. (1420-1498) chairs the Spanish Inquisition.
Spain
1972, Mi 2007, Sc 1739. Maximum card.
The cloister of the priory Saint Thomas in Avila.
Spain 1972, Mi
2008, Sc1740.
Front of the church. Spain 1972, Mi 2006, Sc 1738.
Colleges and Universities
Costa Rica: Antigua Universidad de Santo Tomás.
Costa Rica 1981, Mi 1135, Sc C847.
Charles V ordered the Spanish Dominicans in the Dominican Republic to found a University, on 28 October 1538. Seal of the University Santo Thomas Aquinas in Santo Domingo.
Dominican Republic 1938, Mi 352, Sc 340.
On the seal Thomas Aquinas on his
chair.
Stamp honouring 5th centenary of the University.
Seal of the University of Santo Domingo.
Stamp to honouring 440th Year of the foundation.
Dominican Republic 1978, Mi 1213, Sc RA85.
Etienne Dauphin opened a lyceum
in an old country-house in Oullins on 20 October 1836.
The provincial of the French Dominican Province,
Henri-Dominique Lacordaire (12.5.1802-21.11.1861),
bought this Lyceum and baptized it Saint Thomas d' Aquin, 1850.
France 1986. Postmark Oullins 18.10.1986.
Front of the Lycée, Collège St. Thomas d 'Aquin Veritas. 56, Rue du Perron 69600 Oullins.
France 1990. Postmark Oullins 09.11.1990 .
Monsignor Ferdinand Kieckens founded the Saint Thomas College on Curaçao in August 1886.
Netherlands
Antilles 1986, Mi 601, Sc 573.
The University of Santo Tomas on the Philippines.
In Manila. Philippines, the Dominicans founded on 28 April 1611 the University of Santo Tomas, a famous institute till today.
Click for the history of this University HERE.
50th Anniversary of the graduate school,
Thomas
College, joined
with the
University
of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Manila,
1938-1988.
Before the
building the statue of Thomas Aquinas.
Philippines 1988, Mi 1923, Sc 1988.
In Colombo, Sri Lanka, Peter Alcantra Pillai,
O.M.I. (19.10.1904-27.09.1964)
founded the Aquinas University in 1954.
Sri Lanka 1985, Mi 701, Sc 754.
The 150th anniversary of the Saint Thomas College
in Matara,
Sri Lanka, founded in 1844.
The Coat of Arms with the text: perseverando vinces.
Sri Lanka 1994, Mi 1045, Sc 1092.
Parishes
In 2004 the parish Thomas
Aquinas in Faggiano, Italy,
received a relic of Sant Lucy of Syracuse, the virgin.
The first anniversary was remembered by a
postmark on 13 December (her
day of death) 2004.
Italy 2005, postmark Faggiano,
13.12.2004.
Parish St. Thomas Aquinas.
Postmark of the parish of Thomas Aquinas in
Faggiano
13.12.2005.
Italy 2005, Faggiano
Thomas Aquinas
with a typical nimbus. In his right hand the monstrance and in the linker a
book. On d
e chest the golden sun. In times past sacrificed personages has an
aureola or aureole (diminutive
of Latin aura, "air"): a radiance of luminous cloud which surrounds the whole
figure. When the aureola it appears merely as a luminous disk round the head, it
is
called specifically a nimbus.
The nimbus in
Christian art first appeared in the 5th century. The form
of the nimbus around the head of Thomas may be derived from the painting by
Domenico
Morone (1442-1508): 'Dispute with the scholars', preserved in the collection of
Chaladon in Paris.
All the saints, depicted by
Domenico Morone, wear a nimbus with a high border.
Thomas is the patron of the village Belcastro
with 1394 inhabitants (2006).
Italy 2006.
postmark Belcastro 21.03.2006.
With thanks to
José and Regina Bogaert-VanWayenberge.
4th Century of the parish church of St. Thomas Aquinas in Mangaldan.
Philippines 2000, Mi 3152, Sc 2676.
Seminary
Visit of Pope John Paul II to Denver (USA)
August 1993.
On the stamp the Seminary Saint Thomas
in Denver.
Vatican City 1994, Mi 1131, Sc 966.
The Philippines
Villages and cities named after Thomas Aquinas Philippines
Many villages and cities on the Philippines haves the name of the chapel or church, founded by Dominican missionaries.
Santo
Tomas,
Pangasinan,
established
by the Dominicans.
Postmark 15.8.1935.
Santo Tomas in the province Batangas, Luzon, founded by the Augustinians with patron Saint Thomas Aquinas !
Postmark Batangas, 11.11.1935, and 18.02.1994.
Other cities named Santo Tomas in the district Isabela.
Cities Santo Tomas, in the districts of La Union, Pampagna, were named after Thomas de Villanova, O.E.S.A.
Charter and Coat of Arms of San Tomé de la Guayana.
Venezuela 1969, Mi 1794, Sc 945.
Miscellaneous
Exhibition in Priverno,
about
Thomas
Aquinas
on paintings
and in the iconography, October 2001.
Postmark possible derives from Francesco
de Zurbaran’s
Triumph of S. Thomas,
in Museo Provincial de Bellas
Artes,
Sevilla.
Italy 2001. Postmark Priverno 20.10.2001.
In Panana-city, district Caledonia, is situated the Hospital Santo Tomás, dedicated to Thomas of Villanova, (ca 1487-08.09.1555; O.E.S.A.), not to Thomas Aquinas.
Panama 1942, Mi 322, Sc 347.
Saint Thomas School in Kuching, Sarawak, founded by Anglican missionaries in 1848.
The school is dedicated to Saint Thomas the Apostle.
Malaysia 2008, Mi 1607, Sc -- .
Thomas Aquinas: his life and his works.
Thomas Aquinas,
admirer of the Eucharistic
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