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Every truth without exception- and whoever may utter it- is from the Holy Spirit.
Thomas Aquinas
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Thomas Aquinas
Age: 49 †
Born: 1225
Born: February 1
Died: 1274
Died: March 14
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Saint Thomas Aquinas
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Tommaso d'Aquino
Thomas of Aquino
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