Saint Thomas or St. Thomas may refer to:

People

Thomas the Apostle Thomas the Apostle ( arc, 𐡀𐡌𐡅𐡕𐡌, hbo, תוֹמא הקדוש or תוֹמָא שליחא (''Toma HaKadosh'' "Thomas the Holy" or ''Toma Shlikha'' "Thomas the Messenger/Apostle" in Hebrew-Aramaic), syc, ܬܐܘܡܐ, , meaning "twi ...

(died AD 72), Jewish-Christian Apostle and Saint of the 1st century * Thomas the Hermit, Coptic Desert Father and Saint of the 4th century *

Thomas of Maurienne Thomas of Maurienne (died before 720) was the first abbot of the Abbey of Farfa, which he founded between 680 and ''c''.700. Although the sources of his life are much later, and he is surrounded by legends, his historicity is beyond doubt. Thoma ...

or Thomas of Farfa Abbey (died 720), the first abbot of the Abbey of Farfa *

Thomas Becket Thomas Becket (), also known as Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Thomas of London and later Thomas à Becket (21 December 1119 or 1120 – 29 December 1170), was an English nobleman who served as Lord Chancellor from 1155 to 1162, and then ...

(died 1170), also called Saint Thomas of Canterbury and Saint Thomas the Martyr *

Thomas Aquinas Thomas Aquinas, OP (; it, Tommaso d'Aquino, lit=Thomas of Aquino; 1225 – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest who was an influential philosopher, theologian and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism; he is known wi ...

(1225–1274), Catholic philosopher and theologian *

Thomas Cantilupe Thomas de Cantilupe (25 August 1282; also spelled ''Cantelow, Cantelou, Canteloupe'', Latinised to ''de Cantilupo'') was Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Hereford. He was canonised in 1320 by Pope John XXII. Origins Thomas was the thir ...

, or Thomas of Hereford (died 1282) * Thomas of Dover or Thomas Hales (died 1295), martyr *

Thomas of Tolentino Thomas of Tolentino ( it, Tommaso di or '; 8 April 1321) was a Middle Ages, medieval Franciscans, Franciscan Christian missionary, missionary who was Christian martyrdom, martyred with his three companions in Thane, Delhi Sultanate, India, for " ...

(died 1321), martyred in India *

Thomas of Lancaster Thomas of Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl of Derby, ''jure uxoris'' 4th Earl of Lincoln and ''jure uxoris'' 5th Earl of Salisbury (c. 1278 – 22 March 1322) was an English nobleman. A member of the House of Pl ...

(1278–1322), venerated as a saint after his execution *

Thomas of Villanova Thomas of Villanova (1488 – September 8, 1555), born Tomás García y Martínez, was a Spanish people, Spanish friar of the Order of Saint Augustine who was a noted preacher, asceticism, ascetic and religious writer of his day. He became an ar ...

(1488–1555), Spanish friar of the Order of Saint Augustine, writer, archbishop *

Thomas More Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord ...

(1478–1535), English lawyer, philosopher, author, statesman * Thomas Danki (died 1597), see Saints Paul Miki and Companions * Thomas Kozaki (died 1597), see Saints Paul Miki and Companions *

Thomas Garnet Thomas Garnet (9 November 1575 – 23 June 1608) was a Jesuit priest who was executed in London. He is the protomartyr (i.e., the first martyr associated with a place) of Saint Omer and of Stonyhurst College. He was executed at Tyburn and ...

(died 1608), Jesuit priest who was executed in London * Thomas De Van Nguyen (died 1839), of the

Vietnamese Martyrs The Vietnamese Martyrs (Vietnamese language, Vietnamese: ''Các Thánh Tử đạo Việt Nam''; French language, French: ''Martyrs du Viêt Nam''), also known as the Martyrs of Annam, Martyrs of Tonkin and Cochinchina, Martyrs of Indochina, or An ...

* Thomas Du Viet Dinh (died 1839), of the

* Thomas Thien Tran (died 1838), of the

* Thomas Toan, of the

* Thomas Khuong, of the

Places

Canada

St. Thomas, Newfoundland and Labrador ST, St, or St. may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Stanza, in poetry * Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band * Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise * Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy ...

, Canada * St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada *

Saint-Thomas, Quebec Saint-Thomas is a town in Joliette Regional County Municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada. Prior to January 22, 1992, it was in D'Autray Regional County Municipality. History Starting in 1790, the first few settler families ...

, Canada *

Saint-Thomas-Didyme, Quebec Saint-Thomas-Didyme is a municipality in Maria-Chapdelaine Regional County Municipality in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 703 in the Canada 2021 Census. Demographics Population trend:Statistics Can ...

, Canada * Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin, former municipality now part of

Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec Saint-Hyacinthe (; French: ) is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 57,239. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérég ...

, Canada * Saint-Thomas-de-Pierreville, former municipality now part of

Pierreville, Quebec Pierreville () is a municipality in Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality, Quebec, located at the confluence of the Saint Lawrence and Saint-François rivers, at the edge of Lac Saint-Pierre. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census w ...

, Canada

France

* Saint-Thomas, Aisne, France *

Saint-Thomas, Haute-Garonne Saint-Thomas (; oc-gsc, Sent Tomàs) is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Garonne Departments of France, department in southwestern France. Population The inhabitants of the commune are known as Saint-Thomasains. See also *Communes o ...

, France

United Kingdom

St Thomas, Exeter St Thomas (St Thomas the Apostle's) is an area of Exeter and formerly a civil parish and registration district in Devon, England, on the western side of the River Exe, connected to Exeter by Exe Bridge. It has a number of pubs, places of wor ...

, United Kingdom * St Thomas, Swansea, United Kingdom * St. Thomas (electoral ward), Swansea, Wales * St Thomas the Apostle Rural, a civil parish in Cornwall, United Kingdom

United States

Saint Thomas, Indiana Saint Thomas is an unincorporated community in Knox County, Indiana, in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North Am ...

, an unincorporated community * St. Thomas, Minnesota * St. Thomas, Missouri * St. Thomas, Nevada, a sunken town * St. Thomas, North Dakota * St. Thomas Township, Pennsylvania *

Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Saint Thomas ( da, Sankt Thomas) is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea which, together with Saint John, Water Island, Hassel Island, and Saint Croix, form a county-equivalent and constituent district of the United States Virgin ...

, an island in the Caribbean Sea **

Saint Thomas (Brandenburg colony) The Brandenburg colony of St. Thomas consisted of a leased part of the Danish island of St. Thomas (today part of the United States Virgin Islands) to the Brandenburg-Prussia margraviate of the Holy Roman Empire from 1685 to 1754. History In ...

, a former settlement on this island

West Indies region

Saint Thomas, Barbados The parish of Saint Thomas ("St. Thomas") is found in the centre of Barbados. It is one of only two landlocked parishes in the island, the other being Saint George to the south. Saint Thomas is represented in the House of Assembly of Barbados by ...

Saint Thomas Parish, Jamaica Saint Thomas, once known as ''Saint Thomas in the East'', is a suburban parish situated at the south eastern end of Jamaica, within the county of Surrey. It is the birthplace of the Right Honourable Paul Bogle, designated in 1969 as one of Jama ...

, once known as ''Saint Thomas in the East'' *

Venezuela

* St Thomas de Guyana, or St Thomas of Oronoque, is today

Ciudad Bolívar Ciudad Bolívar (; Spanish for "Bolivar City"), formerly known as Angostura and St. Thomas de Guyana, is the capital of Venezuela's southeastern Bolívar, Venezuela, Bolívar State. It lies at the spot where the Orinoco River narrows to about ...

on the

Orinoco River The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers , with 76.3 percent of it in Venezuela and the remainder in Colombia. It is the fourth largest river in the wor ...

Elsewhere

* St. Thomas Island, Bulgaria *

St. Thomas Mount Parangimalai (known in English as St. Thomas Mount) is a small hillock in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, near the neighbourhood of Guindy and very close to Chennai International Airport. The ancient Syrian Christian community of India trace t ...

, a hillock in Chennai, India where, according to tradition, the biblical Thomas the Apostle was killed * St. Thomas (County Dublin), a civil parish incorporating

Jobstown Jobstown (; ) is a suburb of Tallaght, and so an outer suburb of Dublin, in the administrative county of South Dublin, Ireland. History Jobstown takes its name from Henry Jope, who held land here in the 1250s. Jobstown was historically a small r ...

, Ireland * San Tomás (St. Thomas), former name of

San Benedicto Island San Benedicto, formerly Isla de los Innocentes, is an uninhabited island, and third largest island of the Revillagigedo Islands, located in the Pacific Ocean. It is 4.8 km by 2.4 km in size, with an area 10 km². It is of volcanic ...

, Mexico *

São Tomé São Tomé is the capital and largest city of the Central African island country of São Tomé and Príncipe. Its name is Portuguese for " Saint Thomas". Founded in the 15th century, it is one of Africa's oldest colonial cities. History Álva ...

(St. Thomas), an island in São Tomé and Príncipe * Saint Thomas's Gate, also known as Bab Tuma, a district of Damascus, Syria

Institutions

India

* St. Thomas College, Bhilai, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India *

St. Thomas College, Kozhencherry St. Thomas College, Kozhencherry is a government-aided college in Kozhencherry, Kerala state, South India. Established in 1953, it is administered by the Mar Thoma Syrian Church. Juhanon Mar Thoma Metropolitan and K. T. Thomas, Kurumthottickal, ...

, Kozhencherry, Kerala, India *

St Thomas College of Engineering and Technology St. Thomas College of Engineering and Technology (STM) is an undergraduate college in Kannur district of Kerala, India. It is a private college affiliated to APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University established by St Thomas Educational Society, ...

, Kannur, Kerala, India * St. Thomas College, Palai, Kerala, India *

St. Thomas College, Thrissur St. Thomas' College (Autonomous), Thrissur is a government aided college located in Thrissur, Kerala, India. It is founded by Mar Adolph Medlycott in 1889. It is the oldest college in the Erstwhile Princely State of Cochin and present day Th ...

, Kerala, India * St. Thomas' College, Dehradun, secondary school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India * St. Thomas Higher Secondary School, Kozhencherry, Kerala, India * St. Thomas Boys School, Kolkata, West Bengal, India * St. Thomas Girls School, Kolkata, West Bengal, India * St. Thomas Engineering, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Sri Lanka

* S. Thomas' College, Bandarawela, Sri Lanka *

S. Thomas' College, Gurutalawa , motto_translation = Be Thou Forever , denomination = Anglican , established = , type = Private , religious_affiliation = Christianity , affiliation = , founder ...

, Sri Lanka *

St. Thomas' College, Kotte St. Thomas College ( si, ශාන්ත තෝමස් විද්‍යාලය) is a Catholic school in Kotte, Sri Lanka. A national school, it serves a mix of boys and girls, from grades 1 to 13. History St. Thomas College was established ...

, Sri Lanka *

St. Thomas' College, Matale St. Thomas' College, Matale (Sinhala language, Sinhala: මාතලේ ශාන්ත තෝමස් විද්‍යාලය), or (STC), is a secondary school for only boys; located in Matale, Sri Lanka, History The school was establi ...

, Sri Lanka *

St. Thomas' College, Matara St. Thomas' College is a government primary and secondary school for boys in Matara, Sri Lanka. The college was initially founded in 1844 as a private Anglican school by Rev. Fr. N. J. Ondatjee. a missionary of the Christian Missionary Society ...

, Sri Lanka *

S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia , motto_translation = Be Thou Forever , song = Thomian Song , athletics = Yes , sports = Yes , nickname = Thora , denomination = Anglican , patron ...

, Sri Lanka *

S. Thomas' Preparatory School, Kollupitiya S. Thomas' Preparatory School (abbreviated as STPS) is a private, Anglican, multi-ethnic, primary and secondary day school for boys aged 5 to 16 years, located in Kollupitiya in the Colombo District of the Western Province of Sri Lanka. The s ...

, Sri Lanka

United States

Saint Thomas Academy Saint Thomas Academy (abbr. STA), originally known as St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary and formerly known as St. Thomas Military Academy, is the only all-male, Catholic, college-preparatory, military high school in Minnesota. It is located in Mendota H ...

, a high school in Minnesota *

Saint Thomas Choir School Saint Thomas Choir School is a church-affiliated boarding choir school in Manhattan, New York, founded in 1919. The school is supported by the nearby Saint Thomas Church, an Episcopal church, continuing the Anglican tradition of all-male choral ...

, New York, New York *

St. Thomas University (Florida) St. Thomas University (STU), formerly known as Biscayne College, is a private Catholic university located in Miami Gardens, Florida. The university's College of Health Sciences & Technology, College of Law, College of Business and Biscayne Coll ...

, Miami, Florida *

St. Thomas University School of Law Benjamin L. Crump College of Law is one of the graduate schools of St. Thomas University located in Miami Gardens, Florida. The College of Law was founded in 1984. According to its 2017 ABA-required disclosures, 54.7% of the Class of 2017 obta ...

, Miami, Florida * St. Thomas' Episcopal School, Houston, TX *

University of Scranton The University of Scranton is a private Jesuit university in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1888 by William O'Hara, the first Bishop of Scranton, as St. Thomas College. In 1938, the college was elevated to university status and took t ...

, Scranton, Pennsylvania, founded in 1888 as St. Thomas College, renamed in 1938 *

University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the ...

, St. Paul, Minnesota * University of St. Thomas (Texas) Houston, Texas

Music

* "St. Thomas" (song), a jazz composition by saxophonist Sonny Rollins * '' St. Thomas: Tribute to Great Tenors'', a 1991 album by the New York Unit * Thomas Hansen (musician) (1976–2007), Norwegian musician who performed under the name ''Saint Thomas'' * A hymn composed by Aaron Williams

Other uses

Saint Thomas Christians The Saint Thomas Christians, also called Syrian Christians of India, ''Marthoma Suriyani Nasrani'', ''Malankara Nasrani'', or ''Nasrani Mappila'', are an ethno-religious An ethnoreligious group (or an ethno-religious group) is a grouping of ...

, an ancient community of Christians from Kerala, India *

St Thomas' Hospital St Thomas' Hospital is a large NHS teaching hospital in Central London, England. It is one of the institutions that compose the King's Health Partners, an academic health science centre. Administratively part of the Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foun ...

, Southwark *

St. Thomas University (New Brunswick) St. Thomas University (also St. Thomas or STU) is a Catholic, English-language liberal arts university located in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. It is a primarily undergraduate university offering bachelor's degrees in the arts (humanities a ...

, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada * '' Thomasleeha'' or St. Thomas, a 1975 Malayalam historical film about Thomas the Apostle in India