Pontifical University Antonianum

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The Pontifical University Antonianum (Latin: Pontificia Universitas Antonianum Italian: Pontificia Università Antonianum ) is a religious high school of the Franciscans ( OFM) in Rome ( Rione Esquilino ).

History

The Antonianum was founded in 1887 by Bernardino del Vago da Portogruaro, Franciscan Minister General from 1869 to 1889, as a religious high school.

Was by Pope Leo XIII with inauguration on 20 November 1890. the academic operation as Collegium Sancti Antonii Patavini included in Urbe. The name was posted on May 17, 1933 by a decree by Pope Pius XI. changed in Athenaeum Antonianum de Urbe; on 14 June 1938, the university 's status as Papal University.

Pope John Paul II elevated the College on 11 January 2005 Antonianum University.

University

Mainly at the university studying members of the men's Franciscan Order ( OFM), Capuchin ( OFM Cap ) and the Friars Minor ( OFM Conv or OMinConv ) and sisters of various women's orders; The university is also open to lay people.

The focus is on teaching in Catholic theology and philosophy as well as specialization is in the area of ​​theology and spirituality, as in dogmatic theology, Mariology and spirituality.

On February 16, 2005, Franciscan Father Prof. Dr. Johannes Baptist Freyer, a member of the Cologne province of the order, appointed by the Congregation for Catholic Education as the new rector.

Disciplines

  • Dogmatics
  • Spirituality
  • Evangelism
  • Ecumenism
  • Biblical exegesis
  • Canon Law
  • Philosophy
  • Medieval Studies

Famous alumni and professors

  • Cardinal Umberto Betti, OFM (1922-2009), Cardinal and rector of the Pontifical Lateran University
  • Cardinal Aloisio Lorscheider (1924-2007), Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil )
  • Cláudio Cardinal Hummes (* 1934), Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy and Archbishop Emeritus of São Paulo
  • Franz Lackner, OFM ( born 1956 ), Archbishop of Salzburg
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