The Salesian Pontifical University (; ) is a

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run by the

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. It has three campuses, one in

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, one in

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, and one in

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. The Salesian Pontifical University is an ordinary member of the International Federation of Catholic Universities, the European Federation of Catholic Universities, the

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History

The university began with the founding of the Foglizzo Canavese theological studentate in 1904, which in 1923 moved to Turin. The university was canonically erected by the Congregation for Catholic Education with the decree of 3 May 1940 (Prot. N. 265/40) with the official title ''Pontificio Ateneo Salesiano'' (Latin for 'Salesian Pontificial Athenaeum'). During the Second World War students and teachers were transferred to the Salesian house in

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."Storia", Università Pontificia Salesiana
/ref> In 1958 the Salesian Pontifical Athenaeum moved to Rome. On 24 May 1973,

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approved its new title ''Pontificia Studiorum Universitas Salesiana'' (Salesian Pontifical University) with the ''

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'' ''Magisterium vitae''. On 8 December 1986, a Department of Youth Pastoral and Catechetics was constituted by an agreement between the Faculties of Theology and Education. In 2012 the Faculty of the Sciences of Social Communication began to offer Catholic priests (who, by virtue of their priestly studies, possess a Bachelor's degree in either Philosophy or Theology) a three-year Master's Degree in Pastoral Communication that includes a one-year Bachelor's in Communication. On 10 October 2006, Cardinal

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, in his first year as

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, gave a homily there celebrating the opening of the new academic year.

Faculties

* Theology; * Education; * Philosophy; * Canon Law; * Christian and Classical Literature; and * Sciences of Social Communication.

Notable members

Faculty

Alfons Maria Stickler Alfons Maria Stickler (23 August 1910 – 12 December 2007) was an Austrian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church from 1985 to 1988. Stickler was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985, ...

* Ludwig Schwarz * Antonio María Javierre Ortas

Alumni

* Angelo Amato * Rosalio José Castillo Lara * Joseph Zen * Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo

References

External links

Official site
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