Agostino Borromeo Explained

Honorific Prefix:His Excellency Count
Agostino Borromeo
Birth Date:24 January 1944
Birth Place:Oreno, Milan, Italy
Death Place:Rome, Italy
Nationality:Italian
Alma Mater:Sapienza University of Rome
Occupation:Lieutenant General of the Order of the Holy Sepulcher
Professor of history
Spouse:Beatriz González de la Bastida Vergas
Children:3

Agostino Borromeo (24 January 1944 – 4 February 2024) was an Italian historian and academic who was Lieutenant General of Honor of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.

Early life and background

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

Borromeo married Beatriz González de la Bastida Vergas, and they had three children. He liked playing tennis, skiing, and photography.

Career

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

Borromeo was an internationally acclaimed expert on the history of the Inquisition.[2] [3] [4] 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 the Inquisition held at the Vatican.[5] He was a Catholic commentator for the PBS television series Secret Files of the Inquisition.[6]

Borromeo was also well known in the history of international relations in modern times and religious history of Spain.[7] [8]

Borromeo taught Modern and Contemporary History of the Catholic Church and other Christian confessions at his alma mater, Sapienza University of Rome, and gave annual courses on the History of Christianity and of the Churches at the prestigious private university Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta, Rome.[9]

From 1992, he was president of the Italian Institute of Iberian Studies.

From 2006, he was President of the "Don Giuseppe de Luca" Association, an institution for the research in the field of religious history.[10]

Roman Catholic Church

Borromeo was an active Roman Catholic for many years. As a young man, he participated in the Catholic scout movement. In 1993 he was elected president of an international Catholic association Circolo di Roma, founded in 1949, which gathers foreign diplomats accredited to the Holy See.[11] In 2002 he was appointed a member of the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences.[12] [13] He was vice-president of the Italian National Union for the Transport of the Sick to Lourdes and International Shrines (Unitalsi).[14] [15]

Borromeo was a member of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre from 1985 until his death. From 1995 to 2002 he served as a Member of the Grand Magisterium. From 2002 to 2004 he was the Orders' chancellor.[16] In 2009 Cardinal John Patrick Foley, Grand Master of the Order, appointed him General Governor. He served in this position until 29 June 2016. On 28 July 2017, he was appointed by Cardinal Edwin O'Brien, the Grand Master, as Lieutenant General of Honor.[17]

Death

Borromeo died on 4 February 2024.[18] His funeral was presided over by the Grand Master of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, Cardinal Fernando Filoni, and concelebrated by Cardinal Edwin O’Brien at Santi Apostoli, Rome on 6 February 2024. Also in attendance were Fra John Dunlap, Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, and Leonardo Visconti di Modrone, Governor-General of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre.[19]

Selected works

Borromeo was the editor and author of hundreds of publications.

Distinctions

Notes and References

  1. March 2009. Message from the new Governor General, Agostino Borromeo. Newsletter of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. XIV. 4–5.
  2. News: Historians say Inquisition wasn't that bad. Arie. Sophie. 15 June 2004. The Guardian. 18 May 2017. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  3. News: Vatican Is Investigating the Inquisition, in Secret. Stanley. Alessandra. 31 October 1998. The New York Times. 18 May 2017. 0362-4331.
  4. News: BBC NEWS Europe Vatican 'dispels Inquisition myths'. news.bbc.co.uk. 15 June 2004 . 18 May 2017.
  5. Web site: Balanced History of the Inquisition Is Possible, Says Expert – ZENIT – English. zenit.org. 16 June 2004 . en-US. 18 May 2017.
  6. News: Facing the Inquisition: A pope seeks pardon.. 10 December 2007. America Magazine. 18 May 2017. en.
  7. Book: Spain in Italy: Politics, Society, and Religion 1500-1700. Dandelet. Thomas James. Marino. John A.. Rome. American Academy in. 2007. BRILL. 978-9004154292. en.
  8. Book: Reger, William. The Limits of Empire: European Imperial Formations in Early Modern World History: Essays in Honor of Geoffrey Parker. 3 March 2016. Routledge. 9781317025337. en.
  9. Web site: Gli scheletri della Santa Inquisizione. 22 February 2005. Carmilla on line. 18 May 2017.
  10. Web site: Regione Calabria - Il Presidente Scopelliti ha ricevuto il Governatore Generale dell'Ordine Equestre del Santo Sepolcro di Gerusalemme. Pellicanò. Alfredo. www.regione.calabria.it. it-it. 18 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20110707104917/http://www.regione.calabria.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6636&Itemid=136. 7 July 2011. dead.
  11. June 2013. The Cardinal Grand Master's conference to the diplomats of the Circolo di Roma. Newsletter of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. XXXI. 7.
  12. Web site: Current members of the committee for Historical Sciences. www.historia.va. 17 May 2017.
  13. Web site: RINUNCE E NOMINE. press.vatican.va. 18 May 2017.
  14. Web site: Giornata del malato, l'Unitalsi si prepara al tradizionale pellegrinaggio a Lourdes. www.news.va. en. 17 May 2017. 25 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171025073245/http://www.news.va/it/news/giornata-del-malato-lunitalsi-si-prepara-al-tradiz. dead.
  15. Web site: 4th International Meeting of Hospitaliers - Lourdes 6th, 7th and 8th December 2013 Lourdes. en.lourdes-france.org. en-gb. 17 May 2017.
  16. January 2009. Message from the Cardinal Grand Master. Newsletter of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. XIII. 2.
  17. Web site: New appointments by the Grand Master . 4 February 2024 . www.oessh.va . en.
  18. Web site: McGettrick . Bart . RIP: Professor Count Agostino Borromeo . 6 February 2024 . Bethlehem University . en-US.
  19. Web site: "È bello tramontare al mondo per risorgere nell'aurora dell'amore di Dio" . 6 February 2024 . www.oessh.va . it.
  20. Web site: The Grand Magisterium of the Order - Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem . 4 February 2024 . www.vatican.va.
  21. Web site: 05/01/2009 (Roma) Il Conte Agostino Borromeo .... www.constantinianorder.org. it. https://web.archive.org/web/20170302095414/http://www.constantinianorder.org/news/archive-2009/05-01-2009-roma-il-conte-agostino-borromeo-.html. 2 March 2017. dead. 18 May 2017.
  22. Web site: La Cappella musicale nell'Italia della Controriforma. www.sidm.it. it-it. 18 May 2017.
  23. News: Académicos Correspondientes extranjeros - Real Academia de la Historia. Real Academia de la Historia. 17 May 2017. es-ES.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Agostino Borromeo".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.