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Saint Thomas Aquinas - 1273, Naples, Italy - A light enters the bedroom of the sick man
Identifier
028863
Type of Spiritual Experience
None
Background
A description of the experience
As quoted in Wonders In The Sky - Unexplained Aerial Objects From Antiquity To Modern Times - and Their Impact on Human Culture, History, and Beliefs - Jacques Vallee and Chris Aubeck
The biography of St. Thomas Aquinas (ca. 1225 to 7 March 1274) states that on the year before his death he returned to Naples, staying in that city for a few weeks during an illness. While he was there two monks saw a light described as a big star coming through the window. It rested for a moment on the head of the sick man and disappeared again, just as it came.
Source: Antonio Borrelli, "San Tommaso d'Aquino Sacerdote e dottore della Chiesa," citing the Life of Saint Thomas Aquinas. www.santiebeati.it/dettaRlio/22550.