person
Saint Thomas
also: Sankt Thomas, Thomas, doubting Thomas
The apostle who refused to believe in the Resurrection until he touched Christ's wounds (John 20:25-27), earning the epithet 'Doubting Thomas'. In Trakl's Mankind (Gedichte, section 29), Thomas dips his hand into the wound-mark at the Last Supper gathering — here faith and doubt merge in a vision of blood and bread.
Reading notes
- Poems §29 Saint Thomas
Thomas the Apostle is renowned for demanding physical proof of the Resurrection, placing his fingers in Christ's wounds before he would believe (John 20:25–27). Known as 'Doubting Thomas,' he became the patron saint of those who require evidence over faith.