Universities, Seminaries & Academies
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Academies (ACCADEMIE)
ACADEMIES. - Schools and free associations of learned men with literary or scientific aims, considered as radiating centers of study.… -
Accademia del Cimento (CIMENTO, ACCADEMIA DEL)
ACCADEMIA DEL CIMENTO. - A scientific society, founded in Florence on the initiative of Vincenzo Viviani among the disciples of Galileo,… -
Alma Mater
ALMA MATER. - A medieval expression, synonymous with University. The concept of "mother" was applied to the university from the very… -
Baccalaureate, Baccalaureate Degree (BACCELLIERE, BACCELLIERATO)
BACCALAUREATE, BACCALAUREATE DEGREE. - The name probably derives from the military and indicated a knight of light armor obliged to perform… -
Berito, School of (BERITO, SCUOLA DI)
BERITO, School of. - Among the most famous of antiquity (3rd-6th centuries). The city (Βηροτός, Berytus), called by St. Gregory… -
Cambridge, University of (CAMBRIDGE, UNIVERSITÀ DI)
CAMBRIDGE, UNIVERSITY OF. - Camboritum of the Romans, in the Middle Ages it was a small village around the church of St. Benedict; later a… -
Carmina Burana
CARMINA BURANA. - A collection of poems mostly in Latin (some in German, others mixed in the two languages) compiled in the 12th-13th… -
Catholic Universities (UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICHE)
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITIES. - In T. there are three universities, to which may be added the other one located in Nagoya, with a total student… -
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (Milan) (UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE (MILANO))
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF THE SACRED HEART (Milan). - The Athenaeum of Italian Catholics inaugurated its life in Milan on Dec. 7, 1921, in the… -
Collegio
COLLEGIO: V. EDUCAZIONE COLLEGIATA, PERSONE MORALI. -
Collegio di San Pietro in Montorio
COLLEGIO DI SAN PIETRO IN MONTORIO. - Founded by Fr. Tommaso Obicini of Novara. He had spent 10 years in Palestine as a missionary and knew… -
Comillas, Pontifical Seminary and University of (COMILLAS, SEMINARIO E UNIVERSITÀ PONTIFICIA DI)
COMILLAS, PONTIFICAL SEMINARY AND UNIVERSITY OF. - Center of ecclesiastical culture in Spain, in the province of Santander, founded, on the… -
Dante Alighieri Society (SOCIETÀ DANTE ALIGHIERI)
DANTE ALIGHIERI SOCIETY. - Founded in Rome in 1889 on the initiative of Giacomo Venezian. "It has the purpose of protecting and spreading… -
Doctor (DOTTORE)
DOCTOR. - At first, in the school of Bologna, this was said of one who was qualified to teach, and in that sense the term doctor was used… -
Ecclesiastical College of Turin (CONVITTO ECCLESIASTICO DI TORINO)
ECCLESIASTICAL COLLEGE OF TURIN. - A formative institution for the clergy of Turin and the Subalpine region, where young priests… -
Ecclesiastical Colleges (COLLEGI ECCLESIASTICI)
ECCLESIASTICAL COLLEGES. - Institutions located in Rome and willed by the Roman pontiffs, where young men of various nationalities,… -
Institutes of Higher Studies (ISTITUTI DI STUDI SUPERIORI)
INSTITUTES OF HIGHER STUDIES. - This name designates the athenaeums or universities for ecclesiastical studies, where instruction is… -
Louvain, University of (LOVANIO, UNIVERSITÀ DI)
LOUVAIN, University of. - Founded on 9 Dec. 1425 by Pope Martin V at the request of John IV, Duke of Brabant, to draw toward the capital of… -
Maynooth
MAYNOOTH. - The Irish College of St. Patrick (St. Patrick's College) of M. (County Kildare) was founded in 1795 as a direct result of the… -
Mexican Seminary for Foreign Missions (SEMINARIO MESSICANO PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE)
MEXICAN SEMINARY FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. - It was begun as a result of the vow expressed by the First National Congress of the Missionary… -
Moorat-Raphael, Collegio Armeno
MOORAT-RAPHAEL, COLLEGIO ARMENO. - È la fusione di due collegi fondati in tempi diversi: il Collegio M. venne fondato a Padova il 4 sett.… -
Nardini, College of (NARDINI, COLLEGIO)
NARDINI, COLLEGIO. - It took its name from Cardinal Stefano Nardini of Forlì, archbishop of Milan (d. 1484), who founded it, by… -
Nijmegen, Catholic University Of (NIMEGA, UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DI)
NIJMEGEN, CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF. - A favoured residence of Charlemagne and an ancient centre of Carolingian culture, Nijmegen is the seat… -
Orti Oricellari (ORICELLARI, ORTI)
ORTI ORICELLARI. - In the history of Italian academies — all of them devoted to classical antiquity and to Latin in the 15th century… -
Oxford, University of (OXFORD, UNIVERSITÀ DI)
OXFORD, University of. - In England. It comprises about 7,000 students, of whom 1,500 are women; Catholic students now number about 400… -
Roman College (COLLEGIO ROMANO)
ROMAN COLLEGE: V. UNIVERSITÀ GREGORIANA. -
Seminary (SEMINARIO)
SEMINARY. - It is that college which, according to the ordinances of the Church, is destined for the spiritual and literary formation of… -
Seminary (SEMINARISTICO)
SEMINARY. - It is the tribute that the Ordinary may impose on the income of all diocesan ecclesiastical bodies in order to provide for the… -
Theological Studies for Laypeople in Italy (STUDI TEOLOGICI PER LAICI IN ITALIA)
THEOLOGICAL STUDIES FOR LAYPEOPLE IN ITALY - They arose in the immediate postwar period (1945) in certain university cities of Italy, and… -
University (UNIVERSITÀ)
UNIVERSITY. - In the sense that is now exclusive to the word, it is the school of higher order in which, according to prevailing practice,… -
University Faculty (FACOLTÀ UNIVERSITARIA)
UNIVERSITY FACULTY. - The expression can be explained historically in two senses. According to the first and simpler one, by facultas was… -
Venegono Inferiore, Seminary and Faculty of Theology of (VENEGONO INFERIORE, SEMINARIO E FACOLTÀ TEOLOGICA DI)
VENEGONO INFERIORE, SEMINARY AND FACULTY OF THEOLOGY OF. - A modest municipality in the province of Varese, which rose to prominence in…