St. Benedict in the Life of St. Thomas Aquinas
When he was five years old, around the year 1230, the young Thomas Aquinas was sent from his family castle to the nearby monastery school of Monte Cassino, the great motherhouse of the Benedictine Order. From that high peak, one may still gaze in wonder at the beautiful countryside below, or lift one’s eyes to cascading clouds and gentle shafts of light…
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