St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas was very signifigant during the Middle Ages. He was born in 1225 in a castle near Naples. Thomas taught at Paris, Naples and Rome and blended Christian technologly with Aristotelian philosophy which was a catholic teaching. Thomas was called the Angelic or Doctor of the Church and is known as the patron saint of universities. When he was in Paris he became a bachelor of scripture and lectured the Bible.He ended up writing the Summa Contra Gentiles which was missionaries against the non-christians. Over time he wrote many commentaries over many different people like Matthew and John and composed many hyms, sermons, and prayers thoughout his life. During Mass on December 6, 1273, Thomas got a vision and after that he later did not write another word. They say Thomas's achievement was a response to the Christian theology during the middle ages time. Thomas ended up dying on the way to the second council of Lyons in 1274. St. Thomas Aquinas remains the prime philisophical theologian of Christianity.
Joan of Arc (1412-1431)
St. Joan of Arc was born January 6, 1412. She was born to a peasent family and was one of five children. When she was thirteen she got a voice from the Saint Michael saying to go to France to see King Charles VII. So in 1429 she went to see the king. He later sent her to be the captin of some soliders. Since she came this was the first time he had a military triumph. She won many victories and got Charles VII to be crowned and she was standing right there next to him. Later when she was against the Burgundy's troops, Joan was captured and was used for a Heresy Trial. The whole trial lasted from April to May. On Joans third trial she was tried for relapsed heretic. She was convicted so she ended up getting returned back to the Englsih and got burned on May 30,1431 which was the day she died. Joan was canonized on May 16, 1920 and her feast became a national French holiday.