The Pontifical Academy of the Immaculate Conception or Pontifical Academy of (Mary) Immaculate, it, Pontificia Accademia dell'Immacolata, italic=no, was an academic
honorary society established in
Rome
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, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
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by the
Catholic Church
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for the advancement of the
Marian dogma
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of
Immaculate Conception.
The Academy was established in 1835 and in 1847 was recognised by the
Holy See
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as ''The Academy of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary''. Seven years later, in 1854,
Pope Pius IX
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proclaimed the
Immaculate Conception as a dogma of faith which gave the new academy additional legitimacy and purpose.
Living Tradition – The Pontifical Academy of the Immaculata
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4 December 2012: with the "Rescritto ex Audientia SS.mi" Pope Benedict XVI unified the Academy with the Pontifical Academy of Mary.
See also
* Pontifical Academy of Mary
* Pontifical Academy
* Roman Academies Roman academies refers to associations of learned individuals and not institutes for instruction.
Such Roman Academies were always connected to larger educational structures conceived during and following the Italian Renaissance, at the height of w ...
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Pontifical academies