Pontificia Università Antonianum | |
| Latin:Pontificia Universitas Antonianum | |
| Established | Built 1890 (Officially established in 1933) |
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Religious affiliation | Franciscans |
| Rector | Mary Melone,S.F.A.[1] |
| Location | , 41°53′21″N12°30′15″E / 41.88917°N 12.50417°E /41.88917; 12.50417 |
| Website | www |
  Location on a map of Rome | |
TheAntonianum, also known as thePontifical University of Saint Anthony (Latin:Pontificia Universitas Antonianum,Italian:Pontificia Università Antonianum), and asPontifical Athenaeum Antonianum,[2] is aFranciscanpontifical university inRome named in honour ofAnthony of Padua. It is located in the RioneEsquiline, a block north of the Basilica ofSt John Lateran, atVia Merulana 124, near the intersection ofVia Labicana/Viale Manzoni and Via Merulana.
In 1883, Father Bernardino Dal Vago da Portogruaro (1869–1889), Minister General of theOrder of Friars Minor, proposed the construction of a new academic college:
So that the [Franciscan] Order will, in due course, be lit by very learned men and well versed in individual academic subjects and each province will be glorious and benefit from these professors and teachers.[3]
Construction of the university began in 1884 and the institution was opened 6 years later in 1890 by Luigi Canali (1889–1897).
To obtain legal recognition from theItalian state, the university was founded as aMissionary College attached to theRoman Curia and thePropaganda Fide. Though this allowed the university to open and operate,missionary work was not the original aim of the university and its academic leaders were keen to secure recognition for the institution in its own right. The process was delayed first byWorld War I and then by the publication, byPope Pius XI, of theDeus Scientiarum Dominus, which dictated new rules for academic study. Finally, on 17 May 1933, theCongregation of Seminaries and Universities issued a decree granting the university the right to issue academic qualifications.[4]
In 1926 the college inaugurated a philosophical-theological review entitledAntoniarum.[5]
On 14 June 1938, the institution was granted the right to use the titlePontifical byPope Pius XI. On 11 January 2005,Pope John Paul II granted the University the right to use thePontifical University title.[6]
The University has four faculties and a number of associated institutes, which run approximately 180 courses per year:
The University also includes the Franciscan Institute of Spirituality, operated by theOrder of Friars Minor Capuchin.[7]
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