LRI4691823: Triumph of Saint Thomas Aquinas on the heretics In the background, view of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran with the equestrian monument to Marc Aurele. Thomas Aquinas is surrounded by four female figures representing philosophy, astronomy, theology and grammar. In the foreground below are depicted the heretics Arius and Sabellicus defeated, with before them the books abandoned on the floor. Fresco by Filipino Lippi (1457-1504). 1488 Chiesa di Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Cappella Carafa. Rome, Lippi, Filippo (c.1406-69) / Bridgeman Images