had the trust of the leading light of the faculty, the Bavarian theology professor and fellow Dominican Albert Magnus. After a short time in Paris, Albert took Aquinas to the university in his own hometown of Cologne, where Aquinas worked as a junior professor for four years, lecturing students on the Bible while continuing his own private study. In 1252 he went back in Paris to read for the degree of master of theology, and when he completed this, in 1256, he was recognized as a regent master, with responsibility for teaching.
