The Pontifical Lateran University ( it, Pontificia Università Lateranense; la, Pontificia Universitas Lateranensis), also known as Lateranum, is a pontifical university based in

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. The university also hosts the central session of the

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. The university is known as "The Pope's University". Its Grand Chancellor is the Vicar General to the Holy Father for the Diocese of Rome. the Pontifical Lateran university had students from more than a hundred countries. It is also sometimes also known as the Pontifical University of Apollinaire.

History

The present Pontifical Lateran University was founded in 1773 by

Pope Clement XIV Pope Clement XIV ( la, Clemens XIV; it, Clemente XIV; 31 October 1705 – 22 September 1774), born Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 May 1769 to his death in Sep ...

after he had suppressed the Society of Jesus, and officially entrusted the secular clergy of the

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with the mission to teach

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and philosophy to seminarians of the diocese. In 1824

Pope Leo XII Pope Leo XII ( it, Leone XII; born Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiorre Girolamo Nicola della Genga (; 2 August 1760 – 10 February 1829), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 28 September 1823 to his death ...

restored the

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and returned to them the Roman College. The diocesan seminary was relocated to the Palace of Sant’Apollinare. In 1853, Pope

Pius IX Pope Pius IX ( it, Pio IX, ''Pio Nono''; born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878, the longest verified papal reign. He was notable for convoking the First Vatican ...

founded the Faculty of

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and

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and the ''Pontifical Institute Utriusque Iuris''. The College was known as ''Ateneo del Pontificio Seminario Romano''. Pope Pius XI gave the Ateneo its permanent seat at the Basilica of St. John Lateran. Pope Pius XII in 1958 established the Pontifical Institute ''Pastorale''. The following year,

Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Roman Catholic Church, Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 28 Oc ...

erected the institute into a university and gave it the name of the Pontifical Lateran University. In 1981

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

founded, in the university, the Pontifical Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, which has the right to confer academic degrees.

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modified its mission in September 2017, renaming it the

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. The institute has the authority to award its own academic degrees. In 2001 the Lateran University Press was established to publish scientific publications and seven magazines. In 2018 Vincenzo Buonomo, a professor of international law and a consultant to the Holy See since the 1980s, was appointed rector of the Pontifical Lateran University by

. Buonomo is the first lay person appointed to that position.

Structure

The Grand Chancellor is, under the statutes of the university, the vicar general of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome.

Grand Chancellors

* Camillo Ruini (1 July 1991 – 27 June 2008) * Agostino Vallini (27 June 2008 – 26 May 2017) * Angelo De Donatis (26 May 2017 – present)

Rectors

* Pietro Rossano (1982 – 1991) * Umberto Betti, O.F.M. (1991–1995) * Angelo Scola (1995 – 2002) * Salvatore Fisichella (2002 – 2010) * Enrico dal Covolo, S.D.B. (2010 – 2018) * Vincenzo Buonomo (2018 – present)

Faculties

The university is divided into four faculties: Philosophy,

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, and

. The University is one of the few places that offers a doctorate Utriusque Iuris, i.e., in both civil and church law. The Pastoral Institute "Redemptor Hominis" trains future teachers for teaching in seminaries and theological institutes as well as pastoral workers who are experts in the various fields of ecclesial life. In 2015, the Lateran and

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's Center for Church Management and Business Ethics formed a cooperative program whereby students from each university can take courses online and study at the other institution. According to the Decree of the Ministry of university and Scientific Research of the Italian Republic of 21 September 2006, implementing Law No. 63, March 5, 2004, the Laurea in Law (L/31) and Laurea Magistrale in Law (LMG/01) are equivalent to degrees issued by Italian universities. October 2021 Pope Francis established an interdisciplinary study cycle on ''Ecology and the Environment'' with a UNESCO chair on "the future of education for sustainability"."Letter of the Holy Father Francis to the Grand Chancellor of the Pontifical Lateran University", Holy See Press Office, October 7, 2021
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Library

The library of the Pontifical Lateran University - "Library of Blessed Pius IX", known originally as the "Biblioteca Pia" - was founded by Pope Pius IX in 1854. The history of the library is connected directly to the foundation of the university at its original seat at St. Apollinare in Rome. The library is in fact a collection of smaller libraries from various ecclesial and academic institutes in Rome which have been amalgamated to form the present library. The library consists of collections from the private libraries of Pope Gregory XIII, Pope Pius IX, Pope Pius XII, the German College, the monastery of SS. Bonifacio and Alessio on the Aventine, and the library of the Geronimiani fathers. Successively various ex-alumni have contributed to the library. A new building for the housing of the library and reading room was built and officially inaugurated by Pope Benedict XVI on 21 October 2007. the library had some 600,000 books and a collection of 40,000 rare and antique volumes.

Theological Institute of Assisi

The university is linked to university Pastoral Institute Redemptor Hominis and the Theological Institute of Assisi. The Theological Institute of Assisi is a training college established in 1971 in Assisi in the structures of

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sharing the premises of the Sacred Convent with the community of Friars Minor Conventual. The institute also has a documentation center. Since 1993, it is attached to the Faculty of Theology at the Pontifical University Lateran, and serves as the academic institution designed to train students in theology. It organizes courses of studies leading to diplomas of

Bachelor of Sacred Theology The Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology ( la, Sacrae Theologiae Baccalaureus; abbreviated STB), not to be confused with a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Arts in Theology, is the first of three ecclesiastical degrees in theology (the second being the Lic ...

and

Licentiate of Sacred Theology Licentiate in Sacred Theology ( la, Sacrae Theologiae Licentiatus; abbreviated STL) is the second of three ecclesiastical degrees in theology (the first being the Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology and the third being the Doctorate in Sacred Theolo ...

, and Franciscan studies for those wishing to be recruited into church office or intending to teach the Catholic religion in schools. the institute was chaired by John Bishop Hats.

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1773 establishments in Europe Education in Rome Educational institutions established in 1773 Lateran Catholic universities and colleges in Italy