Thomas Aquinas completes Summa Theologica.
Aquinas, born in 1225 CE in Naples, Italy, dies in 1274 CE at age 49 of illness while en route to the Second Council of Lyons. He is canonized 1323 CE. Writing metaphysics and philosophy in the Aristotelian tradition within a Christian framework, along with some anti–Jewish sub–themes, he is a towering figure in Church philosophical–religious tradition.
Maimonides’ works are most definitely disseminated through Europe preceding Aquinas by 70 years.
The striking parallels between the two corpuses are significant.
“Aquinas would imitate Maimonides’ methods and retrace his lines of inquiry [without any attribution to Maimonides], knowing full well he was a Jew.” (i.e. without attribution to Maimonides)
– James Carroll in Constantine’s Sword (p. 302)