Author: Thomas Aquinas, O.P.
Dating: Thomas was born into a family of minor nobility in 1224/5. At age five, he was presented as an oblate to the monastery of Monte Cassino. While stdying in Naples (1239-1244), he joined the Dominicans. Thomas studied under Albert the Great first in Paris and then in Cologne. Thomas returned to Paris where he lectured on the Sentences from 1252 to 1256. He returned to Italy in 1259 where he taught in Dominican houses in Rome and Orvieto. Thomas returned to Paris where he taught from 1269 until 1272. From 1272 until his death in 1274, Thomas worked in Naples. He died on his way to the Council of Lyons.
Works: Three recent lists of Thomas's works exist. They do
not agree on the number of authentic works to be attributed to
Thomas, the number ranging from 69 (Emery) to 90 (Weisheipl).
1) G. Emery, "Bref catalogue des oeruvres de Saint Thomas," in
Jean-Pierre Torrell, Initiation àsaint Thomas d'Aquin: Sa
personne et son oeuvre (Édition Universitaires Fribourg:
Fribourg, 1993), pp. 483-525.
2) James Weisheipl, "A Breif Catalogue of Authentic Works," in
Friar Thomas d'Aquin. His Life, Thought and Work (Doubleday:
Garden City, N.Y., 1974), pp. 355-405.
3) I. T. Eschermann, "A Catalogue of St. Thomas' Works," in É.
Gilson, The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas,
(Random House: New York, 1956) pp. 381-430
Principle Editions of Opera omnia:
(Leonine: the standard critical edition) Sancti Thomae
Aquinatis doctoris angelici Opera omnia iussu Leonis XII P. M.
edita. Rome, 1882 -. The latest volume to appear was volume 50 in
1992.
(Parma) Sancti Thomae Aquinatis doctoris angelici ordinis
praedicatorum Opera omnia. 25 volumes. Petrus Fiaccadori: Parma,
1852-1873. Reprinted Musurgia: New York, 1948-1950.
(Vivès) Doctoris angelici divi Thomase Aquinatis sacri
Ordinis F. F. Praedicatorum Opera omnia ... . 34 volumes. Edited
by S. E. Frithéand P. Maré. L. Vivès: Paris,
1871-1872.
Bibliography: Bibliographical lists can be found in:
The yearly reviews of studies on Thomas in Rassegna di
Literatura Tomistica starting in 1966
Gilles Emery has an extensive bibliography in Jean-Pierre Torrell,
Initiation àsaint Thomas d'Aquin: Sa personne et son
oeuvre (Édition Universitaires Fribourg: Fribourg, 1993),
pp. 529-67.
Richard Ingardia, Thomas Aquinas International Biography,
1977-1990. Bowling Green State University: Bowling Green, Ohio,
1993.
Terry Mithe and Vernon Bourke, Thomistic Bibliography, 1940-1978.
Greenwood Press: Westport, Connecticut, 1980.
Vernon Bourke, Thomistic Bibliography, 1920-1940. Supplement
to volume 21 of The Modern Schoolman: St. Louis, 1945
Stegmüller, 5 (1955): 322-53
Schneyer, 5 (1973): 579-627