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Thomas was one of the first disciples of St. Francis and joined the Franciscan Order around 1215 . In 1221 he was sent to Germany with Caesarius of Speyer to promote the new order there, and in 1223 was named "sole guardian" (''custos unicus'') of the order's Rhineland province, which included Köln , Mainz , Worms , and Speyer . Within a few years he was back in Italy, where he seems to have remained for the rest of his life, with some possible short-term missions to Germany. In 1260 he settled down to his last post, as spiritual director to a convent of Clarisses in Tagliacozzo , where he died around 1270. He was at first buried in the church of S. Giovanni Val dei Varri, attached to his monastery, but his body is now reburied in the church of S. Francesco at Tagliacozzo. EXTERNAL LINKS
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