THOMAS AQUINAS. See AQUINAS.

St Thomas's Day, a festival of the Christian church, observed on December 21. in commemoration of St Thomas the apostle.

St Thomas of Canterbury's Day, a festival of the Romish church, observed on December 29. in memory of Tho-

mas Becket archbishop of Canterbury, who was murdered, or, as the Romanists say, martyred, in the reign of king Henry II.