Cosimo Damiano Fonseca

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Cosimo Damiano Fonseca (born February 21, 1932 in Massafra ) is an Italian historian .

Cosimo Damiano Fonseca studied theology in Naples. In 1954 he was ordained a priest. In 1956 he received his doctorate in theology. This was followed by a study of history in 1958/61 and another doctorate at the Catholic University of Milan . There he initially worked as an assistant to Pietro Zerbi (1922–2008) and since 1961 has taught as a private lecturer. He received a scholarship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Freiburg in 1964/65 . There he came into contact with numerous students of Gerd Tellenbach , such as Joachim Wollasch and Karl Schmid . Memorial research was of particular importance in Freiburg at this time. In 1973 he became a full professor of medieval history in Milan. He also taught medieval history at the University of Lecce . There he was dean for nine years. He then taught Medieval History and History of Christianity in Bari and at the University of Potenza, founded in 1981 . In Potenza, he headed the university as rector for twelve years. At the end of his academic career, he accepted an appointment in Bari. Fonseca was Vice President of the Rectors' Conference and a member of the Consiglio Universitario Nazionale (CUN). He had a decisive influence on Italian university politics in the last twenty years of the 20th century. His list of publications includes more than 500 publications.

In Italy, for example, Fonseca has made the questions and methods of German-language memorial research fruitful in the field of necrology research. Fonseca was especially fascinated by the multilingual culture of Sicily and Northern Italy. Fonseca founded and directed numerous non-university research institutes. In 1982 he founded the Centro Internazionale di Studi Gioachimiti, which researches the writings of Joachim von Fiore . In 1985 he founded the Istituto Internazionale di Studi Federiciani (Institute for Friedrich Studies), which examines the architectural monuments of Frederick II in southern Italy. In 1993 he founded the Centro Studi Melitensi in Taranto , which deals with the Order of St. John . Fonseca is a member of numerous academic academies: the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei , the Istituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere , the Accademia Pontaniana in Naples, the Accademia di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti di Palermo . In 2006 he was the first Italian to be awarded the Science Prize of the Stauferstiftung Göppingen . A two-volume commemorative publication with 61 contributions was published in 2004.

He is also the recipient of the following awards: Medaglia d'oro ai benemeriti della scuola della cultura e dell'arte (1982) and the three highest levels of the Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana : Commendatore (1983), Grande Ufficiale (1986), Cavaliere di Gran Croce (1989).

literature

  • Giancarlo Andenna , Hubert Houben : Mediterraneo, Mezzogiorno, Europe. Studi in onore di Cosimo Damiano Fonseca. M. Adda, Bari 2004, ISBN 88-8082-568-8 .
  • Fernando Ladiana (Ed.): Puglia e Basilicata tra medioevo ed età moderna. Uomini, spazio e territorio. Miscellanea di studi in onore di Cosimo D. Fonseca (= Università di Lecce. Dipartimento di Studi Storici dal Medioevo all'Età Contemporanea. Vol. 4). Lecce 1988, ISBN 88-7786-089-8 .
  • Hubert Houben: From Apulia to Europe. For the award of the Staufer Prize to Cosimo Damiano Fonesca . In: Friedrich Barbarossa and his court (= writings on Hohenstaufen history and art. Vol. 28). Society for Staufer History, Göppingen 2009, pp. 162–166, ISBN 978-3-929776-20-1 .

Web links

Remarks

  1. ^ Page at the Accademia dei Lincei
  2. ↑ See the review by Michael Matheus in: Sources and research from Italian archives and libraries 85, 2005, pp. 576-579 ( online )
  3. ^ Database of the Quirinal
personal data
SURNAME Fonseca, Cosimo Damiano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Massafra