The Pontifical Academies can offer a valuable contribution, orienting the cultural choices of the Christian community and all society,  proposing occasions and instruments of confrontation between faith and cultures, between revelation and human problems.

They are also called to suggest paths of critical knowledge and authentic dialogue, which always place man and his dignity at the center of every project to promote his integral and supportive development. (John Paul II to the members of the Pontifical Academies on the occasion of the Sixth Public Session, 8/11/2001).

The following seven academies have a special connection with this Dicastery through their participation in the Coordinating Council among the Pontifical Academies:

 

        PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

  • Historical Notes

The Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, founded, on Oct. 15, 1879, by Leo XIII, who approved its Laws with a Brief of May 9, 1895, was confirmed by St. Pius X with an Apostolic Letter of Jan. 23, 1904, and enlarged by Benedict XV, on Dec. 31, 1914. It was reformed by John Paul II, January 28, 1999, with the Apostolic Letter " Inter Munera Academiarum," in the wake of the Encyclical " Fides et Ratio." It fulfills its specific mission, which consists of researching, defending, and disseminating the doctrine of the Angelic Doctor, and, taking due account of today's cultural conditions, "in formulating with greater diligence that part of Thomistic doctrine which deals with humanity, since his affirmations on the dignity of the human person and the use of his reason fully consonant with faith, make St. Thomas a master for our time" (Inter Munera Academiarum, no. 4). John Paul II invites reference to the Encyclical Aeterni Patris in which Leo XIII, reproposing the doctrine of the First Vatican Council, affirmed the urgent need to show "how philosophical thinking is a fundamental contribution to faith and theological science" (Fides et Ratio, no. 57). The Pope reaps the fruits of the immense movement that, from the 19th century to the threshold of the third millennium, has led philosophers to deepen metaphysical research into the ultimate questions of man and the mystery of the human person itself. Therefore, taking into account the importance of the human sciences, their contribution to the knowledge of man, and the new questions that have arisen from scientific research, oriented toward a deeper knowledge of the mystery of man, the Pontiff invites the Academicians to follow the indications in this regard of the Second Vatican Council, as well as the orientations that he unceasingly proposes to the Church, ever since his first Encyclical, the beginning of which - Redemptor Hominis - revealed the main direction of his Pontificate.

  • Info
    Via della Conciliazione, 5, 00120 Vatican City
    Office: Casina Pio IV, 00120 Vatican City
    Tel. +39 0669883195 - FAX +39 0669885218
    E-mail: past@past.va

 

        PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF THEOLOGY

  • Historical Notes

The Academy, founded in 1695 by Cosimo de' Girolami, later Cardinal, was approved, by Brief of Apr. 23, 1718, by Clement XI. It was then enriched with privileges by Benedict XIII (May 6, 1726), Clement XIV (Apr. 27, 1770), and Gregory XVI (Oct. 26, 1838). It was supported by Blessed Pius IX, Leo XIII, and Pius XII. St. John Paul II, Jan. 28, 1999, approved the Statutes of the renewed Pontifical Academy of Theology (official name: Pontificia Academia Theologica), indicating that " the Academy aims to care for and promote theological studies and dialogue between the theological and philosophical disciplines to be like a 'Center' of richer formation and knowledge of useful novelties in this field for the scholars of the sacred disciplines." Pope Francis, on Nov. 1, 2023, with an Apostolic Letter in the form of a "Motu proprio," Ad theologiam promovendam, approved the Academy's new Statutes, affirming that "a synodal, missionary and 'outgoing' Church can only correspond to an 'outgoing' theology," which enacts "an epistemological and methodological rethinking (...) a culture of dialogue and encounter," with a transdisciplinary approach, as called for by the Apostolic Constitution Veritatis gaudium. The Academy is to promote the synodal and communal dimension of doing theology, paying "the necessary attention to the scientific status of theology," without neglecting "its sapiential dimension" and its "pastoral stamp." The Pontifical Academy of Theology consists of fifty-five Ordinary Members. They are joined by Corresponding Members and Referring Interlocutors, and a Council of Higher Studies.

Since 2002, the Academy has published a theological journal entitled " PATH " every six months; since 2008 it has edited the "Itineraria" series.

 

·      PONTIFICIA ACADEMIA LATINITATIS

  • Historical Notes

Established by His Holiness Benedict XVI with the Apostolic Letter in the form of the Motu Proprio "Latina Lingua" of November 10, 2012, its purpose is "to support the efforts for a greater knowledge and more competent use of the Latin language, both in the ecclesial sphere and in the wider world of culture" (Latina Lingua, 4).

Nowadays, knowledge of the Latin language and culture is important for the study of the sources on which, many ecclesiastical disciplines draw, such as Theology, Liturgy, Patristics, and Canon Law.

The Pontifical Academy of Latinity is therefore as necessary as ever to encourage the adoption of methods of study adapted to the new social conditions of people today and to promote a network of relationships between educational and academic institutions to enhance the heritage of Latin civilization.

  • Info
    Via della Conciliazione 5, 00120 Vatican City
    Email:  segreteria@latinitas.va

            Web:  https://www.pontificiaacademialatinitatis.org/

 

·         PONTIFICAL MARIAN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY

  • Historical Notes

It was founded in 1946 by Fr. Carlo Balić, O.F.M., to promote scientific, speculative, and historical-critical studies on the Blessed Virgin Mary, also fostering Marian piety, and connected from the beginning with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.By celebrating of the International Mariological-Marian Congresses and the publication of their respective Acts and other Mariological series. In 1959, it was granted the title of Pontifical by John XXIII, with the task of coordinating Marian studies promoted by various Mariological Societies around the world. The Statutes, approved by Paul VI in 1964, were revised in 1995. In deference to the vows of John Paul II, the Academy extends its collaboration to all Marian Academies and Societies in the world. The Academy consists of members, men and women, Ordinary and Coopted. The Ordinary members may not exceed 80, at least 10 of whom must reside in Rome or Lazio. The President and Secretary are appointed ad quinquennium renewable by the Supreme Pontiff upon presentation by the Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor. The President of the Academy is a member of the Coordinating Council among Pontifical Academies. All Academicians are invited to attend the annual meeting of the Pontifical Academies, organized by the Dicastery for Culture and Education.

 

        PONTIFICAL DISTINGUISHED ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS AND LETTERS 

        OF THE VIRTUOSI AT THE PANTHEON

  • Historical Notes

        The Pontificia Insigne Accademia di Belle Arti e Letteratura dei Virtuosi al Pantheon came into being under the name of the Congregation of St. Joseph of the Holy Land, on the initiative of the Cistercian monk Desiderio d'Adiutorio, recognized by Pope Paul III on October 15, 1542. Since its foundation, the Virtuosi al Pantheon has numbered the most important artists who have left imperishable traces of their genius in Rome. Since the 17th century, exhibitions have been periodically held under the Pantheon's pronaos, with a very wide resonance. In 1837 a new statute was published, and thus, with funds from the public treasury, an annual annuity was established to announce competitions among artists. The title of Pontifical was granted by Pius IX in 1861 and that of Academy by Pius XI in 1928.  With the new Statute approved in 1995, the Pontifical Insigne Academy of Fine Arts and Literature of the Virtuosi al Pantheon has the purpose of fostering the study, exercise, and perfecting of the Humanities and Fine Arts, with particular regard to literature of Christian inspiration and sacred art in all its expressions, and of promoting the spiritual elevation of artists, in connection with the Dicastery for Culture and Education. The Virtuous Academicians are chosen from among eminent personalities of every nation, who have attained fame in the exercise of their art and are known for righteous feeling and moral action. Ordinary Academicians are appointed by the Holy Father and become Emeriti at the age of eighty. The Ordinary Virtuous Academicians are fifty,  divided into five Classes: Architects, Painters and Filmmakers, Sculptors, Scholars or Scholars of disciplines of the Arts and Musicians, Poets and Writers. The President is appointed by the Supreme Pontiff, serves a five-year term and may be reappointed. The President is part of the Coordinating Council among Pontifical Academies. All Academicians are invited to attend the annual meeting of the Pontifical Academies, organized by the Dicastery for Culture and Education.

  • Info
    Historical office: Pantheon, Roma
    Office: Piazza S. Calisto, 16, 00153 Rome
    Tel. 0669882292

 

·     PONTIFICAL ROMAN ACADEMY OF ARCHAEOLOGY

  • Historical Notes

        Founded in 1810 under the title of the Roman Academy of Archaeology, it refers as its predecessors to the Accademia delle Romane Antichità, established in 1740 by Benedict XIV, and the Accademia Romana created by Pomponius Leto in the 15th century. By concession of Pius VIII it had the title of Pontifical in 1829. The Academy's purpose is to promote the study of archaeology and the history of ancient and medieval art. It takes special care of the illustration of archaeological and artistic monuments of the Holy See. It carries out its action, for the advancement of knowledge and the development of culture, through scientific communications, conferences, publications, competitions and any other form of investigation and study. The Academy has for its Protector the Cardinal Secretary of State, and consists of 140 Members, of whom 20 are Honorary, 40 Regular and 80 Correspondents. The President is a member of the Coordinating Council among Pontifical Academies. All Academicians are invited to attend the annual meeting of the Pontifical Academies, organized by the Dicastery for Culture and Education.

 

·     PONTIFICAL ACADEMY "CULTORUM MARTYRUM"

  • Historical Notes

It was founded on Feb. 2, 1879 under the name Collegium Cultorum Martyrum, by M. Armellini, A. Hytreck, O. Marucchi and E. Stevenson distinguished scholars of sacred antiquity. Later by the express will of Blessed John Paul II it was elevated to Pontifical Academy and connected to the Pontifical Council for Culture. The Academy's purpose is to promote the cult of the Holy Martyrs and to increase and deepen the exact history of the Witnesses of the Faith and the monuments connected to them, from the first centuries of Christianity. To this end it holds celebrations at ancient Christian cemeteries and other sacred sites, with religious services and archaeological conferences. The Academy holds at least two General Assemblies each year, at the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology and in the Schola Collegii its historic headquarters located at the Teutonic College in the Vatican. The Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum also sponsors, during Quresima, the holding of the stationary liturgy, restored by Bishop Carlo Respighi, Magister from 1931 to 1947. The revised Statutes were approved in 1995. The Academy consists of Sodales and Associates of both sexes. Sodales upon reaching the age of 80 become Emeriti. Sodales elevated to episcopal dignity or awarded Purple are appointed Patrons. The office of Magister is of pontifical appointment ad quinquennium renewable. The Magister is part of the Coordinating Council among Pontifical Academies.

  • Info
    Schola Collegii's office: S. Maria in Camposanto, Piazza Protomartiri Romani, 00120 Vatican City
    Secretary's office: Palazzo del Pontificio Istituto di Archeologia Cristiana, Via Napoleone III, 1, 00185 Rome
    Tel and fax: 06.445.58.33 

    Postal Address: Pontificia Accademia "Cultorum Martyrum", 00120 Vatican City
    E-mail: cultorum.martyrum@org.va

 

ANNUAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE COMPETITION

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PUBLIC SESSIONS AND THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMIES AWARD

 

WINNERS OF PREVIOUS EDITIONS

LIST OF WINNERS OF THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMIES PRIZE AWARDED DURING THE ANNUAL PUBLIC SESSIONS

 


14 March 2023 - XXVI Public Session

Award of the Pontifical Academies - consisting of the Gold Medal of the Pontificate - to Studio OPPS, for the project ‘Veste 2021’, concerning the adaptation of the liturgical space of the Chapel of the Foundation Saints Francis of Assisi and Catherine of Siena in Rome. The Silver Medal of the Pontificate was awarded to Arch. Federica Frino, for the proposal of the new Church of San Tommaso in Pontedera (PI).

Letter of the Holy Father to His Eminence Card. Gianfranco Ravasi on the occasion of the XXV Public Session of the Pontifical Academies (1 February 2022)

 

2 February 2022 - XXVth Public Session

Giovanni Battista De Rossi (1822-1894) and the Origins of Christian Archaeology

Prize of the Pontifical Academies - consisting of the Gold Medal of the Pontificate - to Prof. Győző Vörös, Member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts, for the project The Machaerus Archaeological Excavations, illustrated in three volumes published by Edizioni Terra Santa (2013, 2015, 2019). The Silver Medal of the Pontificate was awarded to Dr. Domenico Benoci, for the unpublished doctoral thesis ‘Le Iscrizioni Cristiane dell'Area I di Callisto’, discussed at the Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, and to Dr. Gabriele Castiglia, for the edited monograph ‘Topografia Cristiana della Toscana centro-settettentrionale (Città e campagne dal IV al X secolo)’, Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, Vatican City 2020. [Lettera del Santo Padre] [Video report]

 

4 December 2019 - XXIV Public Sitting

Mary, way of peace between cultures

Prize of the Pontifical Academies ex aequo to Dr Carme López Calderón, for the work Grabados de Augsburg para un ciclo emblemático portugués. Los azulejos de la iglesia del convento de Jesús de Setúbal, and to the Reverend Dr. Ionuț-Cătălin Blidar, for the study entitled The immaculate humanity of Mary - icon of the logos of God, fulfilment of the chosen race and fruit of the tree of the cross. An Ecumenical Approach to Greek-Latin Immaculatist Mariology (2nd-14th centuries). Medal of the Pontificate to the Croatian Mariological Institute of the Catholic Faculty of Theology in Zagreb.. [Messaggio del Santo Padre]

 

4 December 2018 - XXIII Public Sitting

Eternity. The other face of life

Award of the Pontifical Academies ex aequo to Dr Stefano Abbate, for his doctoral thesis Le secularización de la esperanza cristiana a través de la gnosis y el ebionismo. Estudio sobre el mesianismo moderno, and to Rev. Francisco Javier Pueyo Velasco for the publication of La plenitud terrena del Reino de Dios en la Historia de la teología.

Medal of the Pontificate to Rev Guillermo C. Contin Aylón for his doctoral thesis entitled Vado ad Patrem. La ascensión de Cristo en el ‘Comentario a Juan de santo Tomás de Aquino’.. [Messaggio Papale]

 

5 December 2017 - XXII Public Session

In Interiore Homine

Prize awarded ex aequo to Dr Pierre Chamberbert-Protat for his doctoral thesis on Florus of Lyons, and to Dr Francesco Lubian, for the critical publication of the Disticha attributed to St Ambrose.

Medal of the Pontificate to Dr. Shari Boodts for the critical edition of St. Augustine's Sermones, and to the Group of Latin Teachers of the University of Toulouse 2, for the publication of a Latin textbook for university students. [Messaggio del Santo Padre]

 

6 December 2016 - XXIst Public Session

Sparks of beauty for a human face of cities

Prize awarded ex aequo to Dr. Chiara Bertoglio for her research in the field of musicology and literature as well as for her concert activity; and to Dr. Claudio Cianfaglioni for his poetic research and study of some significant poetic and literary figures of our time, including Fr. David Maria Turoldo.

Medal of the Pontificate to Dr. Michele Vannelli, chapel master of the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna, and to Mr. Francesco Lorenzi, composer and musician, founder of the rock group The Sun.  [Messaggio del Santo Padre]

 

10 November 2015 - 20th Public Sitting

Ad limina Petri. Monumental traces of pilgrimage in the first centuries of Christianity

Prize awarded ex aequo to Campo Arqueologico de Mértola, a meritorious cultural and scientific association active in Portugal, represented by Prof. Virgilio Lopes; and to Dr. Matteo Braconi for his unpublished study: Il mosaico dell'abside della basilica di S. Pudenziana a Roma. La Storia, i restauri, le interpretazioni, discussed at the Università degli Studi di Roma Tre.

Medal of the Pontificate to Dr. Almudena Alba Lopez for the publication: Teologia politica y polemica antiarriana. La influencia de las doctrinas cristianas en la ideologia politica del siglo IV.

 

20 November 2014 - XIX Public Session

Mary icon of the infinite beauty of God.

The Marialis cultus and the Mariological Magisterium of Blessed Paul VI

Award to: Italian Interdisciplinary Mariological Association for the Magazine Theotokos (contributions by young scholars); President Fr. Salvatore Perrella, OSM.

Medal of the Pontificate to: Centro Mariano de Difusiòn Cultural, Mexico City, of the Servants of Mary of the Province of St Mary of Guadalupe.

[Messaggio del Santo Padre]

 

28 January 2014 - 18th Public Sitting

Oculata fides. Reading reality with the eyes of Christ

Prize awarded ex aequo to the Reverend Professor Alessandro Clemenzia for the work entitled ‘In the Trinity as Church. In dialogue with Heribert Mühlen' and to Professor Maria Silvia Vaccarezza for the work ’Le ragioni del contingente. Practical Wisdom between Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas'.. [Messaggio]

 

21 November 2012 - XVIIth Public Session

‘Pulchritudinis fidei testis. The artist, like the Church, witness to the beauty of faith’.

Award presented ex aequo to the Polish sculptor Anna Gulak, for her achievements in the field of the arts and for the propagation of humanistic values and artistic expressions, and to the Spanish painter David Lopez Ribes, who graduated in Fine Arts and specialised in New York at the School of Visual Arts. He belongs to the Neocatechumenal Way and has been collaborating for 13 years with the initiator Kiko Arguello on his paintings.

Medal of the Pontificate to the young Italian sculptor Jacopo Cardillo.

 

30 November 2011 - XVI Public Session

Testimonies and witnesses. Martyria and champions of the faith

Prize awarded ex aequo to the Studium Biblicum of Jerusalem, represented by Brother Carmelo Pappalardo, who has distinguished himself for his numerous archaeological excavation campaigns aimed at discovering and recovering the biblical memories of the Holy Land, and to Dr. Daria Mastrorilli for her thesis, discussed at the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, on the cult of the Martyrs Zotico, Ireneo and Amanzio.

Medal of the Pontificate to Dr Cecilia Proverbio for her Doctoral Thesis, discussed at the University of Rome ‘Roma Tre’, on the iconographic apparatus of the early Christian basilicas of Rome, in particular the Basilicas of St Peter and St Paul f.l.m.

 

16 December 2010 - XV Public Session

The Assumption of Mary, sign of consolation and sure hope.

Prize awarded ex aequo to the ‘Marian Academy of India’ based in Bangalore, and to Prof. Luis Alberto Esteves dos Santos Casimiro for the dissertation A Anunciação do Senhor na pintura quinhentista portuguesa (1500-1550). Análise geométrica, iconográfica e significado iconológico.

Medal of the Pontificate offered to the ‘Gen Verde’ International Group for its artistic commitment strongly imbued with evangelical values and open to dialogue between peoples and cultures.

 

27 January 2010 - XIV Public Session

The theological formation of the presbyter.

Prize awarded to the American lay theologian, Dr. John R. Mortensen, author of the doctoral thesis Understanding St.Thomas on Analogy, published in the series of the Theological Faculty of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross.

 

25 November 2008 - 13th Public Session

Universality of beauty: aesthetics and ethics in comparison.

Award presented to Dr. Daniele Piccini, distinguished for his commitment both in the critical study of poetry and literature - particularly that of Italian origins and the Renaissance - and for his active militancy in the field of poetry, expressed in a number of significant collections.

Medal of the Pontificate offered to Dr. Giulio Catelli, a young painter, for his artistic research, already appreciated by art critics, and to the Italian ‘Staurós’ Foundation, Onlus, for the realisation of the Museum of Contemporary Sacred Art and for the organisation of the Biennale of Sacred Art, a now traditional appointment for artists involved in the field of Sacred Art.

 

8 November 2007 - 12th Public Session

‘Witnesses of His love’. God's love manifested by the martyrs and the works of the Church.

Award presented to Dr Antongiulio Granelli for his PhD thesis on The Cemetery of Panfilo on the Via Salaria vetus in Rome, discussed at the University ‘La Sapienza’ in Rome.

Medal of the Pontificate offered to Dr. Massimiliano Ghilardi for the work Gli arsenali della Fede. Tre saggi su apologia e propaganda delle catacombe romane, Roma 2006.

 

7 December 2006 - XI Public Session

The Immaculate Conception, Mother of all men, icon of beauty and divine charity.

Award presented to the Section Africaine pour les Congrès Mariologiques, linked to the Pontifical International Marian Academy, formed by young Mariology scholars and teachers from various African countries, who distinguished themselves for significant study initiatives aimed at contextualising Mariological reflection in African cultures.

Medal of the Pontificate presented to the scholar Fr. Fidelis Stöckl, O.R.C., of the Philippines, for his work Mary, Model and Mother of consecrated Life. A Marian Synthesis of Theology of consecrated Life based on the Teachings of John Paul II.

 

5 November 2005 - X Public Session

Christ. Son of God perfect man ‘measure of true humanism’.

Prize awarded to Dr Giovanni Catapano, for the work The concept of philosophy in Augustine's early writings, analysis of the meta-philosophical passages from ‘Contra Academico “s to ”De vera religione’ .

Medal of the Pontificate offered to Dr. Massimiliano Marianelli of Lama (Perugia) for the work La metafora ritrovata. Miti e simboli nella filosofia di Simon Weil and to Prof. Rev. Santiago Sanz Sánchez, originally from Talavera de la Reina (Toledo) for his dissertation entitled La relación creación y alianza en la teología contemporánea: status quaestionis y reflexiones filosófico-teológicas

 

9 November 2004 - IX Public Session

The ‘Via Pulchritudinis’, a path of evangelisation and human formation.

Award presented to the Benedictine Abbey of Keur Moussa in Senegal for its contribution to the inculturation of liturgical music on the African continent.

Medal of the Pontificate a offered to the ‘Ipotesi Cinema’ School, established and led by the well-known director Ermanno Olmi, and to the Inter-University Choir of Rome, directed by Maestro Don Massimo Palombella, SDB, for their contribution to culture inspired by the Christian faith.

 

6 November 2003 - VIII Public Session

Martyrs and their monumental memories, living stones in the construction of Europe.

Award presented to Dr Giuseppina Cipriano for her doctoral thesis entitled I Mausolei dell'Esodo e della Pace nella necropoli di El-Bagawat. Reflections on the Origins of Christianity in Egypt.

Medal of the Pontificate offered to Dr. Sara Tamarri, for her work entitled The Iconography of the Lion from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages.

 

29 October 2002 - VII Public Session

Mary ‘bright dawn and sure guide’ of the new evangelisation.

Award presented to Dr Rosa Calì for her doctoral thesis entitled I testi anti-mariologici nell'esegesi dei Padri da Nicea a Calcedonia.

Medal offered to Father Stanislaw Bogusz Matula for his dissertation at the Pontifical Athenaeum Antonianum, entitled: Mariological doctrine in the commentaries on the Gospels and the sermons of St. Bonaventure of Bagnoregio and to Dr. Philomena D'Souza, FMA, from India, for her catechetical work aimed especially at the world of youth, entitled: Behold the Woman. A handbook of 33 sessions on Mary for youth animation, retreats, classroom and campus discussions.

 

8 November 2001 - VI Public Session

Cultural dimensions of globalisation: a challenge to Christian humanism.

Prize awarded to Dr Pia Francesca de Solenni for her Doctoral Thesis discussed at the University of the Holy Cross and published in the series ‘Apollinare Studi’, entitled A Hermeneutic of Aquinas's Mens through a Sexually Differentiated Epistemology. Towards an Understanding of Woman as imago Dei.

Medal of the Pontificate offered to Fr. Johannes Nebel, Austrian, of the Spiritual Family ‘Das Werk’, for his doctoral thesis presented at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute Sant'Anselmo in Rome, entitled: Die Entwicklung des römischen Messritus im ersten Jahrtausend anhand der Ordines Romani. Eine synoptische Darstellung.

 

7 November 2000 - V Public Session

For a renewed epiphany of Beauty: Artists as protagonists of Christian humanism.

Award presented to the Associazione Amici della Musica ‘F. Fenaroli’ of Lanciano for its thirty-year commitment in favour of young musicians coming from various countries to participate in musical training sessions, subsidised by national, regional and local authorities.

Medal of the Pontificate offered to Mr Tobias Kammerer, from Germany, author of artistic stained glass windows, including a particular ‘tondo’ depicting the Annunciation.

 

3 November 1999 - IV Public Session

The martyr identified with Christ the faithful protomartyr. A figure of Christian humanism.

Prize awarded to Dr. Lucrezia Spera graduated from the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’ and specialised in Archaeology at the National School of Archaeology of the aforesaid University, for her work entitled: Ad Limina Apostolorum: Santuari e pellegrini a Roma, tra la tarda antichità e l'alto medioevo.

 

17 November 1998 - III Public Session

Mary, icon and model of humanity redeemed by Christ.

Prize awarded to Dr Deyanira Flórez González, of the Diocese of St Joseph in Costa Rica, for her work in Mariology, entitled: La Virgen Maria al pie de la cruz (Jn 19, 25-27) en Ruperto de Deutz, presented by the Pontifical Theological Faculty Marianum.

Medal of the Pontificate offered to two recent graduates: Dr. Marielle Lamy, from France, for her thesis Le culte marial entre doctrine et dévotion: étapes et enjeux de la controverse de l'Immaculée Conception au Moyen Âge (XIIe - XVe siècles), in three volumes, presented at the University Paris X Nanterre, and to Dr. Father Johannes Schneider, O.F.M., Austrian, for his thesis ‘Virgo Ecclesia facta: la presenza di Maria nel Crocifisso di San Damiano e nell'Officium Passionis di San Francesco d'Assisi’, presented at the Pontifical Athenaeum Antonianum in Rome.

 

3 November 1997 - 2nd Public Session

Outlines of a Christian humanism in the thought of St Thomas Aquinas.Prize awarded to the Pontifical Institute ‘Regina Mundi’, which carries out university activities in Rome for the philosophical, theological, spiritual and pastoral formation of women religious from all over the world.The Pontifical Institute presented the works of three women religious: Eufrasie Beya Malumbi, Cecilia Phan Thi Tien, Marie Monique Rungruang-Kanokkul.