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When the devil is called the god of this world, it is not because he made it, but because we serve him with our worldliness.

Thomas Aquinas

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Thomas Aquinas
Age: 49 †
Born: 1225
Born: February 1
Died: 1274
Died: March 14
Dominican Friar
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Roman Catholic Priest
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Saint Thomas Aquinas
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Tommaso d'Aquino
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