Roman Institute of the Görres Society

Science Center for History since 1888

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In June, the opportunity arose for three custodians of the Joseph Ratzinger / Benedict XVI Roman Study Library at the Campo Santo Teutonico to meet: Florian Schwarz (2015-2017), Heinrich Heidenreich (2019-2021) and Martin Grobauer (2021-2023), who are each working on their doctorates with a scholarship from the Fondazione Vaticana. Dr Schwarz recently represented the RIGG at the matinée in honour of Benedict XVI in Munich. The study library has been expanded over these years into an excellent collection with 2,034 titles in about 40 languages.

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This year, for the first time, the summer festival of the Görresians "Zur Letzten Wortmeldung" was celebrated on Corpus Christi Thursday in S. Giovanni a Porta Latina. About 60 guests came, many from abroad. Previously, the summer festival (since 2011) had been celebrated on alternate days in June. However, Corpus Christi Thursday is a better choice, because:

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In September, the new scholarship holder Cornelia Bäurle (* 1994 in Tübingen) will begin her studies at RIGG. Her academic home is the University of Munich, and she already spent a semester in Rome in 2015. She receives her main scholarship from the Gerda Henkel Foundation. For her art-historical doctorate, Ms Bäurle is working on bathroom decorations of the early 16th century in Rome and the surrounding area. In addition to the antique-erotic wall paintings, she is also investigating the architectural location of the bathrooms in villas and palaces, primarily of clerical patrons.

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The council that "some pastors remember best" is that of Trent (1545-1563), Pope Francis recently said according to press releases. While this is probably an overly optimistic assessment, he is also praising the successful efforts of the Roman Institute of the Görres Society, which was expressly commissioned by the popes to edit the complete records of the Council of Trent from 1901 to 2001. The RIGG has taken a new initiative to do even better interconfessional research on the Council of Trent (Martin Chemnitz Fellowship). Furthermore, the Institute has a Council History Department.

Concilium Tridentinum

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Nicola Gadaleta (b. 1993, Molfetta) graduated in Modern Philology at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan and since 2019 he’s enrolled in the 14th cycle of doctoral studies at the Scuola Superiore di Studi Storici of the University of the Republic of San Marino with the project “The Cathedral Chapter of Bari from its beginnings to the early Angevin period (1309)” under the scientific direction of Prof. Dr. Francesco Panarelli and Prof. Dr. Giorgio Otranto.

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Datum: 2022-06-16
Ort: S. Giovanni a Porta Latina

On 16 June at 6 p.m., the Roman Institute of the Görres Society will celebrate its annual summer festival in San Giovanni a Porta Latina (Via di Porta Latina 17) It will begin with Holy Mass in the church, followed by a cheerful picnic in the monastery garden of the Rosminians, directly on the Aurelian city wall. All members, friends and visitors to Rome are cordially invited. Please register with This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.so that we can coordinate the food and drinks you would like to bring. Weather permitting, there will be bocce, football and .... ice cream!

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Zeltinger Schloßberg Auslese 1994 - production of Josef Müller

In March, eager and interested relatives of the former director of the Roman Institute of the Görres Society Stephan Ehses (+ 1926) again visited the Campo Santo Teutonico, where his grave is located. Ehses came from a wine-growing family in Zeltingen. The Zucker family keeps the memory of their ancestor alive, and in doing so they delight the Institute with gifts of wine from Zeltingen, the birthplace of Stephan Ehses. This time they even brought a bottle of the "Zeltinger Schloßberg Auslese" (1994), which - certainly arranged by Stephan Ehses - was on the menu of the general assembly of the Görres Society in Koblenz in 1916.

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In the meantime, a review of the Young Forum's Rome trip with pictures and lecture documents can be found on the website of the Görres Society. Despite - due to Corona - relatively short notice in the programme planning, a considerable spectrum of topics and visits was offered. The group, which was mainly made up of young historians, will certainly have experienced many suggestions for their own studies, and the RIGG has also been given a new opportunity to serve the promotion of science.

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