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.
The Chair of Church History in Augsburg, under the aegis of Prof. Dr. Matthias Simperl, is holding a workshop on 9–10 February on the Collectio Quesnelliana, a dogmatic collection of texts from the 6th century.
This year, a new initiative of young academics (primarily non-theologians) has been formed in Rome, which is jointly engaged with the ideas of Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI and is developing a range of other activities.
Lea Amodio (Naples, 2004) attended classical high school and is currently studying philosophy at the Lateran University (with a thesis entitled ‘Time, Love and Knowledge in Joseph Ratzinger’). She is also completing a master's degree in the preservation, protection and enhancement of analogue and digital archives at Roma Tre University.
Next March, Stefan Heid will publish a 1,100-page account of the history of the Roman Institute of the Görres Society from its beginnings in the 1880s to the end of the Second World War with Herder Verlag.
On 4 February, the Sangalli Institute is organising an opportunity to meet and discuss the state of the art in the field of religious order studies, with particular attention to some important sources from the modern age. It will be a multidisciplinary initiative involving historians, church historians, economists, accountants and so on.
Lorenzo Murrone was born in 1998 and graduated from Roma Tre University with a degree in philology, literature and ancient history, writing his thesis on the development of the cult of saints in Eastern Christian liturgies. He is currently a visiting professor of Ancient Greek at the Pontifical Salesian University in Rome. He also serves as a pastor in the Lutheran Confessional Church of Italy, ministering to the congregation in Rome and visiting other congregations on the peninsula.
Deadline: 2 April
The Working Group for Hagiographic Issues of the Academy of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart is organising a comprehensive conference on medieval monastic literature from 16 to 18 April. The theme is: ‘Legend – Miracle – Sermon: Monastic collection practices and the modelling of religious ideals in the textual cultures of the Middle Ages’.
Just in time for the 150th anniversary of the Görres Society, a 92-page, richly illustrated, practically square brochure has been published to present the society, its members, specialist sections, publications, institutes and conceptual course for the coming years. The Roman Institute is presented on pages 62-64.
To mark the 100th anniversary of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty's ordination, the Irish Post Office has issued a special stamp. O'Flaherty lived at the German seminary Campo Santo Teutonico for almost ten years and, during the German occupation in 1943/44, brought around 6,500 people, including numerous Jews, to safety from the Nazis.
From 4 to 27 July 2026, Rector Prelate Dr Peter Klasvogt invites seminarians to Paderborn for the Summer Academy on Catholic Social Teaching. The theme is Pope Leo's vision of the Church between continuity and change.
Our member Cardinal Kurt Koch, responsible for the ecumenical efforts of the Holy See, is being showered with honours on his 75th birthday. In the past year alone, he received three honorary doctorates in theology.
The next Görres lecture on 28 February will be given by Yvonne Maria Werner from Lund. The topic is: ‘A priest's life between Rome and Copenhagen: the Danish “Camposantiner” Peter Schindler (1892-1967) and his commitment to the Catholic mission in Denmark’ (in German).
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Deadline: 15. Dicember
The Institute of History of Art in Florence and the Koç University in Istanbul are offering a scholarship for archaeology, architecture, art history or history.
By Nikolas Möller
Progress is being made in Rome. Among other things, with the new Metro Line C. At the turn of the year, for example, the new ‘Colosseo / Fori Imperiali (Metro C)’ station was opened.
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On 25 January, a ceremony in honour of Joseph Görres (1776-1948) will take place at the historic Görres House in Koblenz.
Of particular importance is the conference on the young Görres organised by Dr Sabine Gruber and Prof. Georg Braungart at the State Library Centre on 26/27 January.
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