Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas

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The Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Latin: Pontificia Studiorum Universitas a Sancto Thoma Aquinas in Urbe, Italian: Pontificia Università San Tommaso d' Aquino ) - also known as the Angelicum - is named after Thomas Aquinas Pontifical University in Rome. It is led by members of the Dominican Order; Also, most of the professors belong to this order.

History

The Angelicum has established its roots in the medieval " general studies " of the Dominican order in 1222 in the convent of Santa Sabina in Rome. Fr ": In 1265, the study conducted by Thomas Aquinas was established Thome de Aquino iniungimus in remissionem peccatorum quod teneat studying Rome, et quod volumus fratribus qui constant secum ad studendum provideatur in necessariis vestimentis a conventibus de quorum predicatione traxerunt originem. Si autem illi studentes inventi fuerint negligentes in studio, Damus potestatem Fr. Thome quod ad eos conventus Suos possit remittere "

By 1909, the renamed in 1577 by Pope Gregory XIII. Institute confirmed as Collegium Divi Thomae. Pope Benedict XIII. allowed from the year 1727 orden foreign students access.

The college teaches in the Thomistic sense, the subjects of theology, canon law, philosophy and social sciences. At the Angelicum studied, inter alia, Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, who completed his doctoral studies at the Angelicum from 1947.

Affiliated to the Angelicum is the Collegio Alberoni in Piacenza.

Organization

The academic community at the Angelicum consists of 150 teachers ( from 30 different countries ) and 1,400 students ( from 98 different countries). The Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas has four faculties:

  • The theological faculty
  • The canon law faculty
  • The Faculty of Arts and
  • The social science faculty.

Rectors

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  • Joseph Agius OP ... until 2009
  • Charles Morerod OP, 2009-2012
  • Miroslav Konštanc Adam OP, since 2012

Famous Alumni

  • Daniel Acharuparambil OCD (* 1939, † 2009), Archbishop of Verapoly, rector of the Pontifical Urban University 1988-1994
  • Antonio Arregui ( b. 1939 ), Archbishop of Guayaquil, President of the Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference (CEE )
  • Carlos Azpiroz Costa ( born 1956 ), Superior General of the Dominican Order
  • Alberto Bovone ( * 1922, † 1998), Cardinal
  • Nicola Canali (* 1874, † 1961), Cardinal
  • Thomas Cooray (* 1901, † 1988), Archbishop of Colombo
  • Willem Jacobus Eijk ( born 1953 ), Archbishop of Utrecht
  • John Patrick Foley (* 1935 † 2011), Cardinal
  • Bruno Bernard Heim ( * 1911, † 2003), Apostolic Nuncio
  • Julián Herranz (* 1930), em. Cardinal
  • James Aloysius Hickey ( * 1920, † 2004), Archbishop of Washington
  • Martin grave man (* 1875, † 1949), dogmatist, theologian and philosopher
  • John Paul II ( * 1920, † 2005), Pope
  • Noël A. Kinsella, Speaker, Senate (Canada)
  • Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez ( b. 1936 ), Archbishop of Santo Domingo
  • Alfonso López Trujillo ( * 1935, † 2008), Archbishop of Medellin, Cardinal
  • Pierre Mamie ( * 1920, † 2008), Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg
  • Jorge María Mejía ( b. 1923 ), em. Cardinal
  • Edwin Frederick O'Brien ( b. 1939 ), Archbishop of Baltimore
  • Silvio Angelo Pio Oddi (* 1910, † 2001), the Vatican diplomat
  • Marc Ouellet PSS ( b. 1944 ), Archbishop of Quebec
  • Servais -Théodore Pinckaers OP ( * 1925, † 2008), moral theologian
  • Dominique Pire OP ( * 1910, † 1969), Nobel Peace Prize (1958 )
  • Paulos Faraj Rahho ( * 1942, † 2008), archbishop of the Chaldean Catholic Church
  • Maurice Roy (* 1905, † 1985), Archbishop of Quebec
  • José Saraiva Martins, CMF (* 1932), em. Cardinal
  • Olindo Natale Spagnolo Martellozzo MCCJ (* 1925, † 2008), Auxiliary Bishop in Guayaquil, Ecuador
  • Louis -Albert Vachon (* 1912, † 2006), Archbishop of Quebec
  • Varkey Vithayathil, C.Ss.R. (* 1927, † 2011), Major Archbishop of Ernakulam- Angamaly
  • Johannes Willebrands (* 1909, † 2006), Archbishop of Utrecht, Cardinal
  • Donald Wuerl ( born 1940 ), Archbishop of Washington
  • Kidane Yebio Eritrean Bishop of Keren
  • Kenneth Nowakowski (born 1958 ), Canadian Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church of New Westminster
  • Sviatoslav Shevchuk (born 1970 ), Major Archbishop of Kyiv - Halych
  • Mikaël Antoine Mouradian ( born 1961 ), Armenian Catholic bishop in New York
  • Joseph Michael Schmondiuk (* 1912, † 1978), Ukrainian Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia
Italy Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Verapoly Aloysius Ambrozic Antonio Arregui Yarza William Wakefield Baum Bruno Heim Martin Grabmann Senate of Canada Silvio Oddi Society of Saint-Sulpice Claretians Louis-Albert Vachon Joseph M. Schmondiuk Technische Hochschule Polytechnic University of Turin Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti di Bergamo Accademia di belle arti di Venezia
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