Chronology
Chronology
Foundation of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
Foundation of the University of Naples / Aquinas born at Roccasecca in the region of Naples c. – Oblate at the Benedictine abbey of Monte Cassino
– Studies at the University of Naples
Joins the Dominican order – Aquinas's family detain him by force at Roccasecca – Studies in Paris with Albert the Great – Studies with and assists Albert in Cologne
– First period of teaching in Paris; writes his Commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard
Becomes Master in Theology – Regent Master in Paris – Probably teaching in Naples; begins Summa contra gentiles – Conventual Lector in Orvieto; begins Catena aurea
– Regent Master in Rome; writes First Part of the Summa – Second period as Regent Master in Paris; writings include Second Part of the Summa, commentaries on Matthew and John, various commentaries on Aristotle including Commentary on the Ethics, and Disputed
Questions on the Virtues – Regent Master in Naples; writes Third Part of the Summa March Dies in Fossanova, en route to the Council of Lyons xxxi
Chronology This chronology is based on dating given by Jean-Pierre Torrell, OP, St Thomas Aquinas, volume (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, ). Simon Tugwell argues for some small differences in dating in Albert and Thomas: Selected Writings (trans., ed. and intro. by S. Tugwell, OP, New York and Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, ). xxxii