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Thomas, or Thomas of Aquino, was of the family of the Counts of Aquino, and was born about 1226, in the castle of Rocca Secca, near Aquino, a small town half-way between Rome and Naples. He treated Christian morals according to an arrangement of his own, and with a comprehensivene that procured him the title of the “ Father of Moral Philosophy.” He died at the Cistercian abbey of Fo a-Nuova, March 7, 1274.