The pictures below are taken from 'Thomistic places' provided by some of our contributors (or those who accompanied them on their journeys). The more recent pictures, which are from the places of St. Thomas’ birth and death respectively, are simply found with captions. For older pictures, which are certainly just as noteworthy, you can click on the link for a gallery.
view from the ruins of Aquinas’ castle in Roccasecca (his birthplace) Photo credit: ryan Brady
The first chapel in St. Thomas’ honor - found on the grounds of Aquinas’ childhood home in Roccasecca (2017; photo credit: Daniel Dikman)
Inside the roccasecca chapel Photo Credit: Daniel dikman
The ruins of St. Thomas’ childhood home/castle (photo credit: Daniel dikman)
The church in fossanova, which was a benedictine monastery at the time of thomas’ death. He stayed in the abbot’s quarters of the monastery for a month. for more, see “St. Thomas’ last days” in the ‘other’ section (photo credit: ryan brady)
cloister garden in fossanova monastery Photo credit: daniel dikman
the altar of the abbot’s quarters of the fossanova monastery, where aquinas spent his last days. Photo credit: ryan brady
nave of fossanova church, in which st. thomas was initially buried
During a frenzied four days in February, 2005, I went to Bologna to participate in a conference on Dominican education at the University of Bologna. What an intense visit; I spent the whole four days in about a five-block area, drinking in deeply the Church of Saint Dominic, Dominic's tomb, and the display of the place's relics (including an autograph of St. Thomas, and one of his fingers [!!!]).
