Tommaso

Tommaso is the Italian form of Thomas, from the Aramaic te’oma, meaning twin. In the New Testament, the apostle Thomas, also called Didymus, doubted the resurrection until he touched the wounds of Christ, and tradition says he later preached in India. The most famous Italian bearer is Tommaso d’Aquino, known in English as Thomas Aquinas, the Dominican theologian whose Summa Theologiae shaped Catholic thought. The Renaissance painter Masaccio was born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni, and the philosopher Tommaso Campanella wrote The City of the Sun while imprisoned.