| Official Name: | Sveti Tomaž |
| Other Name: | Tomaž nad Praprotnim (1955–2000) |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovenia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Slovenia |
| Subdivision Type1: | Traditional region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Upper Carniola |
| Subdivision Type2: | Statistical region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Upper Carniola |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | Škofja Loka |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.11 |
| Population As Of: | 2002 |
| Population Total: | 55 |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
| Coordinates: | 46.184°N 14.2449°W |
| Elevation M: | 647.8 |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
Sveti Tomaž (pronounced as /sl/; German: Sankt Thomas[2]) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Škofja Loka in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.
The name of the settlement was changed from Sveti Tomaž (literally, 'Saint Thomas') to Tomaž nad Praprotnim (literally, 'Thomas above Praprotno') in 1955. The name was changed on the basis of the 1948 Law on Names of Settlements and Designations of Squares, Streets, and Buildings as part of efforts by Slovenia's postwar communist government to remove religious elements from toponyms.[3] [4] [5] The name Sveti Tomaž was restored in 2000.[6] In the past the German name was Sankt Thomas.[2]
The original church in the settlement, dedicated to Saint Thomas, was a Romanesque structure with a square nave and a rounded apse. The remains of this are still visible in the corner of the sanctuary. The surviving sanctuary is mostly Gothic, dating to around 1500. The church was rebuilt a number of times, most extensively in 1848 when three layers of frescos were revealed, the oldest dating to the early 14th century, the second layer to around 1400, and the top layer to the early 16th century.[7]