By Walter Farrell. Article by article commentary on the Summa Theologica, intended to introduce St. Thomas Aquinas to a popular audience.

Dates, extant works, recent bibliography.

Lengthy article on the life, writings, and influence of this philosopher, theologian, and Doctor of the Church. Called the Angelic Doctor. Died in 1274.

Brief biography.

All of Aquinas's works available online in Latin. Site also has bibliographies, early sources for the saint's life.

Three accounts of the saint's life: for children ages 0-8, children 8-14, and age 14-adult. By Catherine Fournier.

Brief illustrated biography. With prayer.

Full text of book online in HTML. 299K. "A popular sketch of a great historical character who ought to be more popular."

Full text of book, in plain text. 282K. Has some scanner errors.

Brief discussion of the life and works of Aquinas, with links to electronic texts and additional information.

Unsigned biographical essay.

Book challenges the reader to take a fresh look at Thomas's philosophy.

Priest, friar, and theologian. Anglican perspective. With prayer in traditional and contemporary language.

Confessor, Doctor of the Church. From the book "Lives of Saints", published by John J. Crawley.

Tom Kreitzberg says, "While St. Thomas was named a Doctor of the Church for his writings, he was named a saint for his life." An approachable reflection on someone who can seem a formidable saint.

Article in the Catholic Encyclopedia on the two hymns of this name. The second is by Thomas Aquinas. The first is "generally credited" to Venantius Fortunatus, though some believe it is the work of Claudianus Mamertus.

Illustrated biographical profile.

Short paper on the question of faith and reason, with notes. By Sule Elkatip. In plain text.

Pious hagiography, Feeneyite perspective: "As in our day, so then the enemies of our Lord and our Lady were the heretics on the outside and the liberals within."

Biography of Thomist scholar Octavio Nicolás Derisi, extensive multilingual list of links to pages related to Thomas Aquinas.

Contends that all Westerners live in the shadow of Aquinas's philosophical achievements.

Site related to Thomistic philosophy and theology. Latin and English.

Notes on the soteriology of St. Thomas Aquinas, based on the Tertia pars of the Summa Theologiae. By Richard Schenk.

Doctor of the Church and Confessor. From Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints.

Biographical and expository essay by Ralph McInerny.

Brief biography, by Andrea Parra.

Article by Doug Erlandson on why the Thomistic cosmological argument fails.

Article from the January 1961 issue of The American Ecclesiastical Review. By Nicholas Halligan.

Lengthy bibliography of online Aquinas texts in English.

Article on the life, works, and influence of this thirteenth-century philosopher and theologian. In the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Includes short bibliography.

The most comprehensive web site on Thomas Aquinas. Uses frames.

Mailing list and forum discussing Thomistic philosophy.

Brief summary of this saint's life, suitable for children. The way it is formatted can be hard to read, though.