Leonel Franca
Leonel Edgard da Silveira Franca SJ (born January 6, 1893 in São Gabriel (Rio Grande do Sul) , Brazil , † September 3, 1948 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil) was a Roman Catholic priest , Brazilian professor and author.
Life
Leonel Franca entered the Jesuit order in 1908 . He then studied theology and philosophy in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University (1912–1915). After his return to Brazil in 1915, he was initially a teacher at the Jesuit school in Rio de Janeiro. Later he was a teacher in Nova Friburgo . In 1922 he wrote his first important book A Igreja, a Reforma ea Civilização (German: The Church, Reform and Civilization ). In 1923 he was ordained a priest in Rome . In 1924 he received his doctorate in Spain . In the 1920s he took part in the violent ideological disputes of that time as a journalist and represented the Catholic point of view against atheistic and positivist ideas.
He was instrumental in founding the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro in 1941 and was its first rector. He received the Machado de Assis literary prize from the Academia Brasileira de Letras , a literary academy based on the model of the Académie française . The Foundation Fundação Padre Leonel Franca , founded in 1983 and working with the Pontifical University of Rio de Janeiro , was named after him .
Works
- Noções de história da filosofia (1918)
- Apontamentos de química geral (1919)
- A Igreja, a Reforma ea Civilização (1922)
- A crise do mundo moderno (1941)
- Pensamentos espirituais (1949)
Web links
- Biography of P. Pedro M. Guimarães Ferreira SJ (PDF file; 128 kB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Franca, Leonel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Franca, Leonel Edgard da Silveira |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian Roman Catholic clergyman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | São Gabriel , Rio Grande do Sul , Brazil |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 3, 1948 |
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro |