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A pupil of St. Albert the Great, the humble Thomas, through an intense life of study, writing, prayer, preaching and contemplation, ironically rose to become the influential figure of his age, and later was proclaimed by the Church as the Angelic Doctor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dane Books \u0026 Gifts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889772065068,"sku":"","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"the-living-wood-a-novel-about-saint-helena-and-the-emperor-constantine","title":"The Living Wood: A Novel about Saint Helena and the Emperor Constantine","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe renowned novelist De Wohl, with his usual crisp language and descriptive narrative, as well as irony and humor, presents the colorful and tumultuous times of the early Christian era in this story of intrigue, romance and power politics revolving around Helena, the devoted and saintly mother of Constantine, the first Christian emperor. 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