Roman Institute of the Görres Society

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The Roman Institute of the Görres Society (RIGG) is a foreign institute of the Görres Society at Campo Santo Teutonico in Vatican City . It was founded in 1888 by the Luxembourg priest Johann Peter Kirsch and is primarily involved in the field of church history and Christian archeology, as well as in the related subjects. Together with the college of priests at Campo Santo Teutonico, it maintains a library that is administered by him. The Roman quarterly for Christian antiquity and church history is published jointly by the college and institute . Stefan Heid has been the director of the institute since 2011 (as of 2020). His deputy is Johannes Grohe .

history

The establishment on December 6, 1888 (initially as the "Roman Station") goes back to the decision of the board of directors of the Görres Society in Eichstätt . The aim of the establishment of the institute was the scientific evaluation of Roman archives, which were opened by Pope Leo XIII in 1881 when the Vatican archives were opened . had been made possible. The seat of the institute was the scientific priestly college founded in 1876 at Campo Santo Teutonico . It became important for the further development that the founder of the college Anton de Waal had a great interest in the new scientific discipline Christian archeology. The close cooperation between the college and the institute and de Waal's long term of office as well as his close contact with Giovanni Battista de Rossi made the institute an important meeting place and research center. A specialist library was built and an early Christian collection was created. The specialist journal Römische Viertelschrift for Christian antiquity and church history , founded by de Waal in 1887 , has been published jointly by the college and the institute since 1953.

In terms of content, the first director Kirsch initially concentrated on researching curial financial management in the 13th and 14th centuries, but finally turned to hagiography , the early Christian liturgy and Roman church building.

In 1890, Kirsch accepted a chair for church history and Christian archeology at the University of Friborg , which is why he headed the institute from abroad. The other board members did not live in Rome either. Stephan Ehses became the new director in 1895 and concentrated on the edition of the Cologne Nunciature and the publication of the sources on the history of the Council of Trent .

In 1900 the board of the Görres Society decided to found a section for Christian archeology and art history at the institute, which was tailored to Joseph Wilpert . The section was founded in 1901, with Ehses continuing to lead the institute. After the First World War , the section could not be permanently revived.

After the First World War, work could only slowly be resumed in 1921. In 1926 Kirsch was again head of the institute, after having been the founding rector of the Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana in Rome since 1925 .

Furthermore, the edition of the Council of Trent was an essential focus of the institute's work, which concentrated on issues of church history.

During the time of National Socialism , the institute resisted any conformity with Catholic convictions and continued to exist when the Görres Society was abolished by the Nazi regime in 1941 . However , as in the First World War, the Roman quarterly for Christian antiquity and church history had to be discontinued in 1942 for economic reasons.

In 1949 the Görres Society was re-established and Engelbert Kirschbaum was appointed director of the institute. The Roman quarterly was published again from 1953 on behalf of the college and the institute.

Directors

Foundation for the promotion of the Roman Institute of the Görres Society

In 2012, the Foundation for the Promotion of the Roman Institute of the Görres Society was established with the Foundation Forum of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Aachen as trustee . It promotes scientists as well as the members and guests of the institute primarily through grants for research stays in Rome and through grants for printing costs for publications. At the same time, it supports the institute's specialist conferences as well as short-term and long-term research projects. The Foundation Board consists of Stefan Heid, Johannes Grohe and Rudolf Schieffer .

literature

  • Erwin Gatz : Hubert Jedin as a candidate for the rectorate of Campo Santo Teutonico. In: Yearbook of the Italian-German historical institute in Trient 6, 1980, pp. 225–233.
  • Erwin Gatz: The Roman Institute of the Görres Society 1888–1988. In: Römische Viertelschrift 83, 1988, pp. 3-18.
  • Erwin Gatz: L'Istituto Romano della Società di Görres In: Paolo Vian (Ed.): Speculum Mundi . Rom [1992], pp. 468-486.
  • Erwin Gatz: National Research Institutes VIII. The Roman Institute of the Görres Society. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 15/1, Metzler, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-476-01485-1 , Sp. 684-689.
  • Erwin Gatz: The Roman Institute of the Görres Society from the dissolution of the society by the Nazi regime (1941) to its reactivation after the Second World War (1949). In: Michael Matheus (ed.): German research and cultural institutes in Rome in the post-war period . Tübingen 2007, pp. 181-192.
  • Stefan Heid : The Christian archaeologist Joseph Wilpert and the Roman Institute of the Görres Society. In: Römische Viertelschrift 101, 2006, pp. 4–49.
  • Stefan Heid: Formative times - the Roman Institute of the Görres Society 1925-1955. In: Michael Matheus , Stefan Heid (Ed.): Places of Refuge and Personal Networks. The Campo Santo Teutonico and the Vatican 1933–1955. Freiburg i. Br. U. a. 2015, pp. 303–356.

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Remarks

  1. ^ Early Christian art from Rome. September 3 to November 15, 1962 in Villa Hügel, Essen . Exhibition catalog. Essen 1962.

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