Luigi Calonghi

Luigi Calonghi SDB (born August 3, 1921 in San Bassano , Province of Cremona , Italy , † December 4, 2005 in Turin ) was a Roman Catholic religious priest , theologian and educator .

Life

Luigi Calonghi, son of a peasant family, entered the novitiate of the Salesians of Don Bosco in Montodine on August 31, 1937 . He studied philosophy at the Pontifical Salesian University in Turin. He made his profession on August 16, 1944 . In 1946 he received his doctorate in philosophy. On July 3, 1949, he was ordained a priest . After working as a pastor and educator, he briefly studied church history at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, then pedagogy and educational psychology at the Belgian Catholic University of Leuven , among others with Raymond Buyse, the father of experimental pedagogy in Europe. In 1951/52 he was an assistant at the Pontifical University of the Salesians. In 1953 he became an assistant professor; from 1953 to 1957 he was associate professor of pedagogy and pedagogical psychology, from 1957 full professor at the Salesian College in Turin. From 1966 to 1968 was the dean of the Faculty of Education (today Faculty of Education). From 1968 to 1971 he was rector of the Pontifical Salesian University, which had meanwhile moved to Rome. In 1980 he switched to the chair of education at the University of Salerno . In 1982 he became the first professor of education at the Università degli Studi Roma Tre . In 1995 he retired and has since taught at the Pontifical Salesian University in Rome.

Luigi Calonghi has authored over fifty books and over 170 articles. He prepared manuals and teaching aids for teachers in Italian schools. Among other things, he was awarded the Medal of Honor from the University of Rome.

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• Obituary / Biography Luigi Calonghi (Italian)

predecessor	Office	successor
Gino Corallo	Rector of the Pontifical Salesian University (UPS) 1968 - 1971	Antonio María Javierre Ortas