Forum for Historical Research since 1888
Located next to St. Peter's Basilica, the Campo Santo Teutonico is the retreat of the Roman Institute of the Görres Society (RIGG), the well-known academic centre for research into the history of the Church and Christian cultural heritage.
In view of the war in Israel/Palestine, it is particularly welcome that Bianca Kühnel has published a book on images of Jerusalem in Europe: "Jerusalem Icons in the European Space" (Peeters Publishers).
The Vatican Foundation Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI, in collaboration with other institutions, is organising a study day at Campo Santo Teutonico in memory of the German Pope, who died in Rome on New Year's Eve 2022.
Before a detailed conference report is published in the next few weeks, we would like to briefly summarise the event here. With over 50 participants, the conference on monastery archives conference on monastery archives at the end of November was undoubtedly a successful event organised by the RIGG's Medieval Department, which is headed by Dr Jörg Voigt.
An expanded third German edition of the book "Altar und Kirche. Prinzipien christlicher Liturgie" by Stefan Heid is now available again. This edition corresponds to the new English edition also published by Schnell & Steiner in Regensburg "Altar and Church. Principles of Liturgy from Early Christianity".
Jonas Eger (* 2001 in Kempten/Allgäu) entered the St Jerome's Seminary in Augsburg after graduating from high school and began studying Catholic theology at the University of Augsburg in 2020. In 2022, he was sent to Rome to study at the Pont. Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum there. Since then, he has been studying philosophy and theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University.
A documentary of EWTN about the Irish priest Hugh O'Flaherty was broadcast on Irish television RTE ONE in "Nationwide" on 22 November. O'Flaherty lived at the German college at Campo Santo Teutonico from 1938 to 1947 and saved over 6000 people, mainly Jews, from the Nazis. The programme was made by Colm Flynn and was also filmed at Campo Santo Teutonico.
Following various archaeological explorations carried out by the Franciscan conventuals in the important early Christian Church of the Twelve Apostles, the redesigned altar area, which allows a view of the early Christian altar, will be presented on 1 December at 4 pm (until 6 pm).
On 7 December, following Vespers on the Solemnity of the Archconfraternity of Santa Maria della Pietà (5 p.m.), Dr Teresa Lohr's book on the former and current artistic decoration of the church of the Campo Santo Teutonico of S. Heid will be presented. The book is the 69th supplement volume of the Römische Quartalschrift. Mrs Lohr was an assistant at the Roman Institute of the Görres Society. The church of the Campo Santo was built by the confraternity founded in the middle of the 15th century and consecrated in 1500, making it older than the Renaissance St Peter's Basilica.
Deadline: 15 January
The French School of Rome organises a Summerschool in Roman Law Summerschool Roman Law from 17th to 21st June 2024.
Bullettino vaticano del 10 novembre 2023:
The Rectors and Principals of the six Pontifical Academic Institutions administratively dependent on the Holy See (Pontifical Lateran University, Pontifical Urbanian University, Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Pontifical Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for the Sciences of Marriage and the Family)
Father Mariano Dell'Omo, archivist of Montecassino Abbey, will give a lecture in Italian on Friday, 24 November "San Benedetto e la sua Regola. Sui fondamenti scritti del monachesimo occidentale come riflessi negli archivi (e nelle biblioteche) monastici".
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Deadline: 25th June
The Leibniz Institute for European History (IEG) in Mainz offers the position of a scientific collaborator for History of Religion of the 19/20 century.
I was born in Unna in 1997, started studying Protestant theology in Münster in 2015, completed the 46th year of theological studies in Jerusalem in 2019/20, and then studied in Göttingen until the ecclesiastical examination in March 2023, where I then started my doctorate. I am currently studying the history of theology at the Pontifical Athenaeum of Sant'Anselmo. I am particularly interested in icons and their ecumenical significance.
On 24-25 November, an international conference on the urban-rural relationship in the late antique provinces of Asia Minor will take place at the Department of Ancient History of the Historical Institute in Cologne. The focus will be on the aspect of 'order and authority'.
Römisches Institut der Görres-Gesellschaft
