"St. Thomas of Villanova" redirects here. For other uses, see St. Thomas of Villanova (disambiguation).
Saint
Thomas of Villanova
OSA
Old master print of St. Thomas in Portraits of Illustrious Spaniards (Madrid, 1791)
Religious, bishop and confessor
Born
Tomás García y Martínez 1488 in Villanueva de los Infantes, Ciudad Real, Spain
Died
September 8, 1555 in Valencia, Spain
Venerated in
Roman Catholic Church (Order of St. Augustine)
Beatified
October 7, 1618 by Pope Paul V
Canonized
November 1, 1658 by Pope Alexander VII
Feast
September 22
Attributes
A bishop distributing alms to the poor
Patronage
Danao, Cebu Santolan, Pasig Alimodian and Miag-ao in Iloilo Dao, Capiz Villanova University
Thomas of Villanova, OSA (1488 – September 8, 1555), born Tomás García y Martínez, was a Spanish friar of the Order of Saint Augustine who was a noted preacher, ascetic and religious writer of his day. He became an archbishop who was famous for the extent of his care for the poor of his see.
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