Presenza dei francescani conventuali nel Collegio dei Teologi dell'Universita di Padova: Appunti d'archivio (1510-1806)

Presenza dei francescani conventuali nel Collegio dei Teologi dell'Universita di Padova: Appunti d'archivio (1510-1806). By Antonino Poppi. (Padua: Centro Studi Antoniani. 2003. Pp. 222. euro20,00 paperback.)

This is a detailed summary of the acts of the College of Doctors of Theology in Padua from 1510 until Napoleon suppressed it in 1806. The study is based on the manuscript atti of the college found in the Archivio Storico dell'Universita di Padova. The members of the college possessed doctorates from the college and oversaw theology instruction and doctoral degree examinations. While the college included members from the various medieval monastic orders with convents in Padua, the Jesuits, Barnabites, Somaschans, and other new orders of the Catholic Reformation were not members. The book focuses on the participation in the affairs of the college by the Franciscan Conventuals, the friars from...