Thomas Aquinas

Timeline

1. 1261–1265Rome · LazioSummoned by Pope Urban IV and others, he served as theological adviser and preacher at the papal court in Rome, taking part in discussions of liturgy and church affairs, and continued preparing commentaries on and teaching of Aristotelian texts.
2. 1265–1268Basilica of Santa Sabina · RomeIn 1265 he was appointed to the theological chair at the Dominican studium of Santa Sabina in Rome and began systematically writing the Summa Theologiae, integrating faith and reason in the question-and-answer form and establishing the framework of scholastic theology.
3. 1268–1270Paris · Île-de-FranceIn 1268 he returned to the University of Paris to hold the theological chair, confronting contemporary controversies over Aristotelianism and Dominican doctrine, and continued writing the various parts of the Summa Theologiae, completing a large body of theological topics by around 1270.