Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas

Pontificia Studiorum Universitas a Sancto Thoma Aquinate in Urbe
motto	Caritas veritatis (1908)
founding	1222, 1577
Sponsorship	Roman Catholic Church
place	Rome
country	Italy
Rector	Rolando de la Rosa
Students	1.104
Professors	150
Networks	FIUC
Website	www.pust.it

Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas ( Angelicum )

The Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas ( Latin : Pontificia Studiorum Universitas a Sancto Thoma Aquinate in Urbe , Italian : Pontificia Università San Tommaso d'Aquino (PUST)) - also called Angelicum - is a papal university named after Thomas Aquinas in Rome . It is led by members of the Dominican Order ; Most of the professors also belong to this order.

history

The Angelicum has its roots in the medieval " studium generale " of the Dominicans around 1222 in the monastery of Santa Sabina in Rome. In 1265 the course was founded under the direction of Thomas Aquinas: “Fr. Thome de Aquino iniungimus in remissionem peccatorum quod teneat studium Rome, et volumus quod fratribus qui stant secum ad studendum provideatur in necessariis vestimentis a conventibus de quorum predicatione traxerunt originem. Si autem illi studentes inventi fuerint negligentes in studio, damus potestatem fr. Thome quod ad conventus suos possit eos remittere ”

Until 1909, it was operated by Pope Gregory XIII in 1577 . confirmed institute as Collegium Divi Thomae . Pope Benedict XIII From 1727 onwards, it also allowed non-religious students access.

Since 1932 the university has been housed in the former monastery of Santi Domenico e Sisto on the Quirinal.

The university teaches theology, church law, philosophy and social sciences in the Thomas sense. At the Angelicum studied a. a. Karol Wojtyla, who later became Pope John Paul II , who did a doctorate at the Angelicum from 1947.

The Collegio Alberoni in Piacenza is affiliated with the Angelicum .

organization

The academic community at Angelicum consists of 150 teachers (from 30 different countries) and 1,400 students (from 98 different countries). The Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas has four faculties:

• the theological faculty
• the canon law faculty
• the philosophy faculty and
• the social science faculty.

Rectors

• ...
• Edward Kaczyński OP, 1993 to 2002
• ...
• Joseph Agius OP, ... until 2009
• Charles Morerod OP, 2009 to 2012
• Miroslav Konštanc Adam OP, since 2012

Well-known alumni

• Daniel Acharuparambil OCD (1939–2009), Archbishop of Verapoly , Rector of the Pontifical Urban University from 1988–1994
• Aloysius Ambrozic (1930-2011), em. Archbishop of Toronto
• Lorenzo Antonetti (1922-2013), em. Curial Cardinal
• Antonio Arregui (* 1939), Archbishop of Guayaquil, President of the Ecuadorian Bishops' Conference (CEE)
• Carlos Azpiroz Costa (* 1956), former Superior General of the Dominican Order, Archbishop of Bahía Blanca
• William Wakefield Baum (1926-2015), em. Cardinal to the Curia, former Archbishop of Washington
• Alberto Bovone (1922–1998), Cardinal to the Curia
• Nicola Canali (1874–1961), Cardinal to the Curia
• Thomas Cooray (1901–1988), Archbishop of Colombo
• Willem Jacobus Eijk (* 1953), Archbishop of Utrecht
• John Patrick Foley (1935–2011), Cardinal to the Curia
• Bruno Bernhard Heim (1911–2003), Apostolic Nuncio
• Julián Herranz (* 1930), em. Curial Cardinal
• James Aloysius Hickey (1920–2004), Archbishop of Washington
• Martin Grabmann (1875–1949), dogmatist, theologian and philosopher
• John Paul II (1920–2005), Pope
• Noël A. Kinsella , Speaker, Senate (Canada)
• Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez (* 1936), Archbishop of Santo Domingo
• Alfonso López Trujillo (1935–2008), Archbishop of Medellin, Cardinal to the Curia
• Pierre Mamie (1920–2008), Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Friborg
• Jorge María Mejía (1923-2014), em. Curial Cardinal
• Edwin Frederick O'Brien (born 1939), Archbishop of Baltimore
• Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi (1910-2001), Vatican diplomat
• Marc Ouellet PSS (* 1944), Archbishop of Quebec
• Servais-Théodore Pinckaers OP (1925-2008), moral theologian
• Dominique Pire OP (1910–1969), Nobel Peace Prize (1958)
• Paulos Faraj Rahho (1942–2008), Archbishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church
• Maurice Roy (1905–1985), Archbishop of Québec
• José Saraiva Martins CMF (* 1932), em. Curial Cardinal
• Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo MCCJ (1925–2008), auxiliary bishop in Guayaquil, Ecuador
• Louis-Albert Vachon (1912–2006), Archbishop of Québec
• Varkey Vithayathil CSsR (1927-2011), Grand Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly
• Johannes Willebrands (1909–2006), Archbishop of Utrecht, Cardinal to the Curia
• Donald Wuerl (* 1940), Archbishop of Washington
• Kidane Yebio , Eritrean Bishop of Keren
• Kenneth Nowakowski (* 1958), Canadian Bishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in London
• Svyatoslaw Shevchuk (* 1970), Grand Archbishop of Kiev-Halych
• Mikaël Antoine Mouradian (* 1961), Armenian Catholic bishop in New York
• Joseph Michael Schmondiuk (1912–1978), Ukrainian Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia
• Maurice Zundel (1897–1975), Swiss clergyman, theologian and philosopher

See also

• List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945)

Web links

Commons : Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the PUST
• Official website of the Philosophical Faculty of the PUST

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://angelicum.it/about/history/
2. ↑ https://angelicum.it/about/history/#1577
3. ↑ http://www.op.org/en/content/fr-rolando-de-la-rosa-new-rector-angelicum
4. ↑ https://angelicum.it/?lang=en
5. ↑ Members. In: www.fiuc.org. International Federation of Catholic Universities, accessed September 25, 2019 .  
6. ↑ Compendium Historiae Ordinis Praedicatorum , AM Walz, p. 214: "Conventus S. Sabinae de Urbe prae ceteris gloriam singularem ex praesentia fundatoris ordinis et primitivorum fratrum necnon ex residentia Romana magistrorum generalium, si de ea sermo esse In document potest, habet eius nonnisi anno 1222 noun fit, ait certe iam antea nostris concreditus est. Florebant ibi etiam studia sacra. "
7. ↑ Acta Capitulorum Provincialium, Provinciae Romanae Ordinis Praedicatorum , 1265, n. 12 ( eText of the edition T. Kaeppeli / A. Dondaine, Rome 1941). See Leonard E. Boyle: The Setting of the Summa Theologiae , in: Brian Davies (ed.): Aquinas's Summa theologiae: critical essays , Rowman and Littlefield, Oxford 2006, pp. 1-24.
8. ↑ "Rev.mo Fr. Miroslav Adam Konštanc OP which nominated Rector Magnifico of the University of St. Thomas d'Aquino" ( Memento of 27 September 2013 Internet Archive ), accessed on 22 April 2012 (English)
9. ↑ confer : The Honorable Noël A. Kinsella, The Speaker of the Senate, Biography and L'honourable Noël A. Kinsella, Président du Sénat, Biography

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