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Offline cassini

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Updated image of St Thomas Aquinas
« on: February 12, 2025, 07:30:51 AM »
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    • Scientists Have Reconstructed the Countenance of St. Thomas Aquinas from His Skull

    The Brilliant Aquinas Is the Authoritative Universal Doctor of the Catholic Church in Doctrine and Morality
    From: The TRADITIO Fathers



    Thomas Aquinas Old Thomas Aquinas  New
    Scientists' Reconstruction of the Countenance
    Of the Universal Doctor of the Church
    St. Thomas Aquinas
    Shows a "Kindly and Humble" Visage (Right)
    As Opposed to the Common Somewhat Harsh
    And Intimidating Depiction (Left)
    The Saint, Who Expressed His Work
    In the Clearest of Latin Prose
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    Upon Not only the Catholic Church
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    Re: Updated image of St Thomas Aquinas
    « Reply #1 on: February 12, 2025, 09:44:03 AM »
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    • That's a nice face. It is humble and wise at the same time.

    But, was not St. Thomas a bit overweight? I even heard anecdotes about his life that confirm this.
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    Re: Updated image of St Thomas Aquinas
    « Reply #2 on: February 22, 2025, 11:49:37 PM »
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    • Here’s some recent photos of St Aquinas’s skull as they were displayed in a reliquary, on a newChurch tour.


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    Re: Updated image of St Thomas Aquinas
    « Reply #3 on: February 23, 2025, 12:05:22 AM »
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    • Quote from: Giovanni Berto on February 12, 2025, 09:44:03 AM
    That's a nice face. It is humble and wise at the same time.

    But, was not St. Thomas a bit overweight? I even heard anecdotes about his life that confirm this.

    Not everyone has the same body frame. Germanic people are often stocky.

    I don't like this "St. Thomas Aquinas 2.0" nonsense.  He's not Santa Claus or a myth. He was a real man. They had paint back then, you know. And quite capable, intelligent artists.
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    Re: Updated image of St Thomas Aquinas
    « Reply #4 on: February 23, 2025, 07:43:47 AM »
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    Triumph of Saint Thomas Aquinas by Lippo Memmi is likely the earliest painting of Saint Thomas Aquinas, and dates to around 1323. It's on display in the church of Santa Caterina in Pisa.

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    Triumph of Saint Thomas Aquinas depicts Saint Thomas Aquinas as a scholar of religious knowledge, and places him among the Four Evangelists and philosophers. The painting includes Aristotle, Plato, Averroes, and figures in a lower register


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_of_Saint_Thomas_Aquinas_(Lipo_Memmi)


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    The Triumph of St Thomas Aquinas is a painting by the Italian medieval artist Lippo Memmi, dating likely to 1323, when the former Dominican friar was canonized. It is displayed in the church of Santa Caterina in Pisa, a church once belonging to the Dominican order.[1]











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    Re: Updated image of St Thomas Aquinas
    « Reply #5 on: February 23, 2025, 07:53:41 AM »
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    • Didn't they also create this horrible image of Jesus a few years back?

    Take away the swarthiness, hair and the beard and I would say these two recreated faces are very similar.

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    Re: Updated image of St Thomas Aquinas
    « Reply #6 on: February 23, 2025, 10:04:30 AM »
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    • Quote from: josefamenendez on February 23, 2025, 07:53:41 AM
    Didn't they also create this horrible image of Jesus a few years back?
    This one?
    It's unclear upon what the modeller is basing it.
    His others are based upon actual 💀s.
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