St. Thomas Aquinas

Otherworldly Brainiac 1225–1274

Patronage Astronomy, The Rosary, Preaching, & Trailblazers

Feast Day August 8

Tradition tells that Mary appeared to Dominic instructing him to spread the prayer of the rosary. The devotion and charisma aided him in spreading the faith as he created the Order of Preachers. His mother, Bl, Juanna of Aza, struggled with infertility. In prayer, she went on pilgrimage. There, she had a vision of a dog leaping from her womb holding a torch, which is what Dominic’s name means.

Small Snippet

Saint Dominic, intercede to the Holy Ghost that I live in wonder of the cosmos, persistent in paving the path ahead, and may have a deeper love for the rosary.

Prayer

Artistic Process

Sketch

Got my quick sketch together to get the placement right.

I asked Fr. Jonah, a Dominican to pose for this so that I could get the image accurate to the habit.

Photo References

I went to my church and got this photo of the tabernacle so that Thomas could lean his sleeping head onto the real thing. My friend Sean modeled his hands holding his bible.