The Historical Institute of the Order of Preachers in Rome, Instituto Histórico de la Provincia Dominicana de Hispania and Institut d’Histoire des Missions (Institut Catholique de Paris) are jointly organising a study day dedicated to the Dominican Missions in the Modern Era. The event will take place on 11 June 2024 at the Santa SabinaRead more about Study day: Dominican Missions in the Modern Era[…]

A conference “Travelling to the East. Marco Polo and the Mendicant Friars” will be held on Friday 25 – Saturday 26 October 2024 ( Istituto di Studi Ecumenici “San Bernardino”, Biblioteca monumentale, Sestiere Castello 2786 – 30122 Venezia). The Conference Scientific Committee is inviting proposals for the conference. Subjects of specific interest for the thematicRead more about CfP: Travelling to the East. Marco Polo and the Mendicant Friars[…]

The presentation of the book, A Cathedral of Constitutional Law. Essays on the Earliest Constitutions of the Order of Preachers, with an English Translation of Fr Antoninus H. Thomas’s 1965 Study edited by Anton Milh, OP, and Mark Butaye, OP, was held in Rome at the National Institute of Roman Studies on 15 February 2024Read more about A Closer Look at the ‘Earliest’ Constitutions of the Order of Preachers[…]

The Historical Institute of the Order of Preachers, in collaboration with Dominican Sisters Europe, hosted a formation course on the ‘History, Tradition and Spirituality of the Dominican Order’ for novices and junior professed sisters from 10-15th November 2023 in Rome. The conference was a classic Dominican balance of study, prayer and community shared between twenty-threeRead more about History, Tradition and Spirituality of the Dominican Order. Course for novices and sisters in temporary vows[…]

Invitation to the conference “Archives of Monasteries and Orders from the Middle Ages to the Present: Between Governance, Authority of Knowledge and Historical Research” (Archive der Klöster und Orden vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart: Zwischen Verwaltung, Wissensautorität und historischer Forschung), with the participation of members of the Historical Institute of the Order of Preachers. ConferenceRead more about Invitation to the Conference on the Archives of Religious Orders[…]

The institution for the training of the Friars Preachers in Vienna, which had existed as a studium generale since the middle of the 15th century, suffered a serious crisis during the Protestant Reformation. As part of the efforts to revive the organisation of studies in the Dominican Province of Teutonia, which had been growing sinceRead more about The Philosophical-Theological Training and Academic Activity of the Friars Preachers in Vienna in the 17th–18th Centuries[…]

In a non-representative survey of my sisters about how many times an event should be held to establish a tradition, the answer was clear: three times. Considering that this is indeed a revived tradition of several previous meetings between 1996 and 2006, the regular conferences of Dominican history students, organised by the Historical Institute ofRead more about Meeting of the Dominican History Students, Ávila 6-11 September 2023[…]

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Alessandra Bartolomei Romagnoli: Agiografie Domenicane, a cura di Gianni Festa OP (Dissertationes Historicae 41). Angelicum University Press, Roma 2022, pp. 32 ill. ISBN 978-88-99616-61-8. Price: € 130,-.   Hagiography was a form of sacred writing that the Dominicans practised with particular diligence and commitment. One of its purposes was to convey to the faithful doctrinalRead more about Vol. 41: Agiografie domenicane[…]

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In its 1971 obituary of Irish Dominican Cardinal Michael Browne, the New York Times characterized him as “Tradition’s voice at Vatican II.” Browne was considered a stern conservative by many of his contemporaries, but his work, as Hugh Fenning OP writes, “has yet to be evaluated by historians.” This work is currently being undertaken byRead more about The World in Black and White? Michael Browne OP as Master of the Order (1955-1962)[…]

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Brückenbauer und Wegbereiter: Die Dominikaner an den Grenzen der katholischen Christenheit / Building Bridges and Paving the Way: Dominicans at the Frontiers of Catholic Christianity. Herausgegeben von Viliam Štefan Dóci OP und Thomas Prügl unter Mitarbeit von Gabriel Jordan Theis OP (Dissertationes Historicae 40). Angelicum University Press, Roma 2022, 264 S.   The ten essaysRead more about Vol. 40: Brückenbauer und Wegbereiter: Die Dominikaner an den Grenzen der katholischen Christenheit / Building Bridges and Paving the Way: Dominicans at the Frontiers of Catholic Christianity[…]

This is the question with which Sr Sabine Schratz OP, member of the Historical Institute of the Order of Preachers, grappled in a recent presentation. Her talk, on 1st June 2022, was part of a series on the jubilees of a variety of religious orders, hosted by the German Embassy to the Holy See inRead more about Does the Church still need Dominicans?[…]

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Lorens of Orléans on the Decalogue and the Creed, ed. by Simon Tugwell OP (Monumenta Ordinis Fratrum Praedicatorum Historica, vol. 34), Roma: Angelicum University Press 2021, 176 pp. ISBN: 978-88-99616-44-1. Price: € 35,-.   This edition of two chapters of Lorens of Orléans’ best-selling Somme le Roi in French and Occitan is intended as aRead more about Vol. 34: Lorens of Orléans on the Decalogue and the Creed[…]

We are pleased to announce a new publication on St. Dominic: Domenico di Caleruega alle origini dell’Ordine dei Predicatori. Le fonti del secolo XIII. Edited by Gianni Festa, Agostino Paravicini Bagliani and Francesco Santi (Millenio medievale 121, Testi 33), Firenze 2021. One of the editors, Brother Gianni Festa OP, is the former Postulator General ofRead more about Domenico di Caleruega alle origini dell’Ordine dei Predicatori. Le fonti del secolo XIII[…]

The Itinerarium Romanum of Ignatius Swieteczky O.P. A Critical Edition and Translation of a Travel Diary of 1777. Ed. by Jakub Zouhar – Petr Polehla (Monumenta Ordinis Fratrum Praedicatorum Historica 33), Roma 2021. 622 pp., 15 ills. ISBN: 9788899616434. Price: € 60,00.   This book presents the first critical edition and translation of the travelRead more about Vol. 33: The Itinerarium Romanum of Ignatius Swieteczky O.P. A Critical Edition and Translation of a Travel Diary of 1777[…]

International conference on the occasion of the eighth centenary of the death of Dominic of Caleruega (1221-2021). Bologna 22-25 September 2021 The international symposium, organized on the occasion of the eighth centenary of the death of Dominic of Caleruega, who died in Bologna on 6 August 1221, is the official conference of the Order ofRead more about Dominic and Bologna: Genesis and Development of the Order of Preachers[…]

Fra trionfi e sconfitte: la politica della santità dell’Ordine dei Predicatori, ed. by Viliam Štefan Dóci OP and Gianni Festa OP (Dissertationes Historicae 39), Roma: Angelicum University Press 2021, 554pp. ISBN: 978-88-99616-39-7. Price: € 60,-.   In its eight centuries of history, the Order of Preachers has developed a ‘politics of holiness’, giving substance toRead more about Vol. 39: Fra trionfi e sconfitte: la politica della santità dell’Ordine dei Predicatori[…]

Vol. 38: Dominik Jurczak OP: Vangelo e la liturgia domenicana dopo la riforma di Umberto di Romans. Con l’edizione dell’incipit evangeliorum e dell’evangelistarium dal codice XIV L1 di Santa Sabina. Angelicum University Press, Roma 2021. ISBN: 978-88-99616-38-0.   For the Friars Preachers, the Gospel was not considered to be just any book. On the contrary,Read more about Vol. 38: Vangelo e la liturgia domenicana dopo la riforma di Umberto di Romans[…]

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Brother Augustin Laffay, O.P., Archivist of the Order of Preachers and member of the Historical Institute of the Order (Rome), has been appointed by the Holy Father as a member of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences. The news was published in the Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office on Monday, February 22, 2021.Read more about Br. Augustin Laffay OP appointed as a member of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences[…]

The Historical Institute of the Order of Preachers and the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas invite you to the series of conferences Garrigou-Lagrange fra storia e teologia dedicated to Brother Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange OP (1877-1964), professor at the Pontifical College Angelicum. The conferences will take place on 25 February and 18Read more about Lectures: Garrigou-Lagrange between History and Theology[…]

A meeting of Dominican students of history, organised by the Historical Institute of the Order in collaboration with the General Archives and the General Postulation, was held in Rome from 22 to 25 September 2020. After the last meeting of this kind in the Jubilee Year 2016 in Toulouse, the cradle of the Order, theRead more about Meeting of the Dominican Students of History (Rome 22-25 September 2020)[…]

Fr Wolfram Hoyer, historian, archivist of the Dominican Province of Southern Germany and Austria, former member of the Historical Institute of the Order of Preachers and member of the Academic Committee of the journal Archivum Fratrum Praedicatorum, was snatched from this life in a tragic car accident.   Christian Walter Hoyer was born in AugsburgRead more about Obituary: Fr Wolfram Christian Hoyer (* 09/06/1969 † 30/07/2020)[…]

On Friday, 3 July 2020, Fr Walter Senner OP died of lung failure in Mainz University Hospital at the age of 71. The Dominican Order loses a true friar and priest and an internationally renowned scholar – a historian of philosophy. Many lose a good colleague and friend.   Biography Walter Senner was born inRead more about Necrology: Prof. Dr Walter Senner OP (30 July 1948-03 July 2020)[…]

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On the occasion of the second centenary of the entrustment of the parish church of St. Catherine of St. Petersburg to the Order of Preachers and the arrival of the first friars in the capital of the Russian Empire in the years 1815-1816, the Historical Institute of the Order of Preachers organized an International HistoricalRead more about New Publication on the Relations between the Dominicans and Russia[…]

Vol. 37: I Domenicani e la Russia. A cura di Viliam Štefan Dóci OP e Hyacinthe Destivelle OP con collaborazione di Fabio Simonelli. Angelicum University Press, Roma 2019, 470 p. ISBN: 978-88-99616-26-7.

The Dominican Historical Institute together with the Italian Society for the Study of Sanctity, the Cult of Saints and Hagiography (AISSCA) invites to the presentation of the book Santità, miracoli, osservanze nel medioevo. L’Ungheria nel contesto europeo of the Hungarian medievalist Gábor Klaniczay, professor at the Central European University in Budapest. Some essays from thisRead more about Book Presentation: Santità, miracoli, osservanze nel medioevo. L’Ungheria nel contesto europeo[…]

A historical colloquium named after brother Isnard Wilhelm Frank OP († 13.10.2010), Dominican priest, medievalist and historian of the Order, was held already for the fourth time already in the hospitable atmosphere of the priory of Vienna; for the second time as a cooperation between the priory, the Historical Institute of the Order of PreachersRead more about Building Bridges and Paving the Way: Dominicans at the Frontiers of Catholic Christianity. Conference report[…]

Vol. 36: Bibelstudium und Predigt im Dominikanerorden. Geschichte, Ideal, Praxis. Herausgegeben von Viliam Štefan Dóci OP und Thomas Prügl unter Mitarbeit von Christina Traxler und Fabio Simonelli. Angelicum University Press, Roma 2019, 396 S. ISBN: 978-88-99616-19-9

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The General Postulation and the Historical Institute of the Order of Preachers are organizing an international conference entitled “Politics of Holiness in the Dominican Order” which will be held at the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome from 7 to 9 November 2018. The conference aims to shed light on the complexity ofRead more about Politics of Holiness in the Dominican Order[…]

The Legendarium of Petrus Calo († 1348) constituted, so to speak, the pinnacle of the hagiographic activity of the Order of Preachers intended for a wider audience than that of the Dominican friars. It is not by chance that using Calo’s Legendarium as basis, Petrus de Natalibus († 1406) compiled his own Catalogus Sanctorum, whichRead more about The critical edition of the Legendarium of Petrus Calo[…]

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