Agostino Borromeo

Agostino Borromeo (born 24 January 1944 in Oreno, Milan, Italy) is an Italian professor and historian, and General Governor of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.

His Excellency Count Agostino Borromeo
Born	24 January 1944
Nationality	Italian
Alma mater	Sapienza University of Rome
Occupation	General Governor of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher
Title	Professor of history
Spouse(s)	Beatrice
Children	3

Early life and background

Agostino Borromeo comes from the aristocratic House of Borromeo family. He studied political science at Sapienza University of Rome. He also completed his musical studies in piano, organ and organ composition.[1]

He is married to Beatrice Gonzalez de la Bastida Vergas, and they have three children.[2] He likes playing tennis, skiing, and photography.[1]

Career

Agostino Borromeo is an author of over 180 publications on the religious history of Southern Europe, musicology and musical criticism.

He is an internationally acclaimed expert on the history of the Inquisition.[3][4][5] In October 1998, following the opening of the archive of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith he coordinated the organization of an international symposium on the history of Inquisition held in the Vatican.[6] He was a Catholic commentator for the PBS television series Secret Files of the Inquisition.[7][8]

He is also well known in the history of international relations in modern times and religious history of Spain.[9][10]

He teaches Modern and Contemporary History of the Catholic Church and other Christian confessions at his alma mater, Sapienza University of Rome, and gives annual courses on the History of Christianity and of the Churches at the prestigious private university Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta, Rome.[11]

Since 1992 president of the Italian Institute of Iberian Studies.[1]

Since 2006 President of the "Don Giuseppe de Luca" Association, an institution for the research in the field of religious history.[12]

Catholic Church

Borromeo is an active Catholic for many years. As a young man, he participated in the Catholic scout movement. In 1993 he was elected a president an international Catholic association Circolo di Roma, founded in 1949, which gathers foreign diplomats accredited to the Holy See.[13] In 2002 he was appointed a member of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences.[14][15] He is vice president of Italian National Union for the Transport of the Sick to Lourdes and International Shrines (Unitalsi).[16][17]

Borromeo has been a member of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre since 1985. From 1995 to 2002 he served as a Member of the Grand Magisterium. From 2002 to 2004 he was the Orders' chancellor.[18] In 2009 Cardinal John Patrick Foley, Grand Master of the Order, appointed him General Governor.[18]

Selected works

Borromeo is the editor and author of hundreds of publications.

• Spain in Italy: Politics, Society, and Religion 1500-1700. Edited by Thomas James Dandelet, John A. Marino, American Academy in Rome, 2006. ISBN 9004154299, ISBN 978-9004154292
• L' inquisizione : atti del simposio internazionale: Città del Vaticano, 29-31 ottobre 1998. By Agostino Borromeo. Città del Vaticano : Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 2003. ISBN 8821007618 9788821007613
• Storia religiosa della Spagna. Agostino Borromeo. Milano, Centro Ambrosiano, 1998. ISBN 8880251791 9788880251798
• La Valtellina crocevia dell'Europa : politica e religione nell'età della Guerra dei trent'anni. By Agostino Borromeo; Quintín Aldea. Milano: Mondadori, 1998. OCLC Number: 954608350

Distinctions

• Knight Grand Cross of the First Class of the Order of St. Gregory the Great (2017)
• Order of the Holy Sepulchre (1985)
• Knight Grand Cross of Justice of Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George[19]
• Order of Saint Januarius (2002)
• Member of the Italian Musicology Association (Società Italiana di Musicologia) (2000)[20]
• Academic Correspondent of the Real Academia de la Historia (1988)[21]
• Academic Correspondent of the Academia Portuguesa da História (Portuguese Academy of History, Lisbon) (1992)

References

1. "Message from the new Governor General, Agostino Borromeo" (PDF). Newsletter of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. № XIV: 4–5. March 2009.
2. Marek, Miroslav. "Genealogy of noble Borromeo family". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
3. Arie, Sophie (15 June 2004). "Historians say Inquisition wasn't that bad". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
4. Stanley, Alessandra (31 October 1998). "Vatican Is Investigating the Inquisition, in Secret". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
5. "BBC NEWS | Europe | Vatican 'dispels Inquisition myths'". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
6. "Balanced History of the Inquisition Is Possible, Says Expert – ZENIT – English". zenit.org. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
7. "Facing the Inquisition: A pope seeks pardon". America Magazine. 10 December 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
8. Feore, Colm; Lea, Ron; Rice, Nick; Bhaneja, Raoul (1 January 2000), Secret Files of the Inquisition, retrieved 18 May 2017
9. Dandelet, Thomas James; Marino, John A.; Rome, American Academy in (2007). Spain in Italy: Politics, Society, and Religion 1500-1700. BRILL. ISBN 978-9004154292.
10. Reger, William (3 March 2016). The Limits of Empire: European Imperial Formations in Early Modern World History: Essays in Honor of Geoffrey Parker. Routledge. ISBN 9781317025337.
11. "Gli scheletri della Santa Inquisizione". Carmilla on line. 22 February 2005. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
12. Pellicanò, Alfredo. "Regione Calabria - Il Presidente Scopelliti ha ricevuto il Governatore Generale dell'Ordine Equestre del Santo Sepolcro di Gerusalemme". www.regione.calabria.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
13. "The Cardinal Grand Master's conference to the diplomats of the Circolo di Roma" (PDF). Newsletter of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. N° XXXI: 7. June 2013.
14. "Current members of the committee for Historical Sciences". www.historia.va. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
15. "RINUNCE E NOMINE". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
16. "Giornata del malato, l'Unitalsi si prepara al tradizionale pellegrinaggio a Lourdes". www.news.va. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
17. "4th International Meeting of Hospitaliers - Lourdes 6th, 7th and 8th December 2013 | Lourdes". en.lourdes-france.org. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
18. "Message from the Cardinal Grand Master" (PDF). Newsletter of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. XIII: 2. January 2009.
19. "05/01/2009 (Roma) Il Conte Agostino Borromeo ..." www.constantinianorder.org (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
20. "La Cappella musicale nell'Italia della Controriforma". www.sidm.it (in Italian). Retrieved 18 May 2017.
21. "Académicos Correspondientes extranjeros - Real Academia de la Historia". Real Academia de la Historia (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2017.

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