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About St. Thomas of Villanova
1488 – 1555 · Feast September 22 · Bishop / Augustinian
Spanish Augustinian archbishop (1488-1555), Castilian theologian-friar of unwillingly accepted episcopate at Valencia (1544); famous for charity (gave away his stipend, his furniture, even his bed), restoration of his neglected diocese, and pastoral preaching. Canonized 1658 by Alexander VII.
St. Thomas of Villanova is the patron saint of Poor, Orphans, Students, Poor People and Augustinians.
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