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THOMAS, surnamed the "Angel of the Schools." One of the most eminent scholastic philosophers; в. 1227, in Italy. After the completion of his studies at the University of Naples, he a umed the Dominican robe, notwithstanding the repugnance evinced by his family. Going to Cologne, he there entered on a course of study under Albert us Magnus, and accompanied him to Paris. He succe fully espoused the cause of the monks before Pope Alexander IV. in 1253; and soon after became doctor of theology at Paris. Rejecting dignities, he confined his ambition to preaching and expounding, and this in an una uming manner. In 1272, A. was called to Naples to teach in the schools, and was afterward invited to partake of the deliberations of the council of Lyons, but was seized with illne on his way thither, and died in a monastery, in 1274. In 1323, John XXII. canonized him, and he was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pius V. in 1567. A. combined, with great learning and a vigorous understanding, the gifts of fervent piety, and toleration in controversy. He sought chiefly to demonstrate the sympathy existing between reason and the doctrines of Christianity. His greatest work, the " Summa Theolog iæ," is an enduring triumph of human intellect in the middle ages. A. laid down, and his disciples, the Thomists, after him, the doctrines of grace and predestination, which, however, were controverted by Duns Scotus, and the Scotists. The best edition of the works of A. is that published at Rome, 1570, in 17 vols., folio. Aqui'no, an episcopal town of S. Italy, in the prov. of Terra di Lavaro. It is noted as the native place of Juvenal and St. Thomas A quinas. Situate 5 m. N.E. of Pontecorvo. Aqui'ras, a district and settlement of Brazil, in the prov. of Ceara, between the lake of the same name and the Atlantic. Pop . abt. 5,200. Aquire', a river of Guiana, which after a course W.N.W. to E.N.E. for 100 m. enters the Orinoco near its mouth. It is only navigable for canoes. Aquitaine', the ancient name of Guienne, a ci-devant prov. of France, now forming the dep. of the Gironde and Lot-et-Garonne. It was one of the four great divisions of Gaul known to the Romans. Aquo'kee River. See Тосол. Aquo'ne, in North Carolina , a post-office of Macon co. A'ra, the name of two rivers of Spain, one in Catalonia, a branch of the Segri; the other in Aragon, a branch of the Cinca.