Salesian Pontifical University

The university began with the founding of the Foglizzo Canavese theological studentate in 1904, which in 1923 moved to Turin. The university was canonically erected by the Congregation for Catholic Education with the decree of 3 May 1940 (Prot. N. 265/40) with the official title Pontificio Ateneo Salesiano (Latin for 'Salesian Pontificial Athenaeum'). During the Second World War students and teachers were transferred to the Salesian house in Bagnolo Piemonte. In 1958 the Salesian Pontifical Athenaeum moved to Rome. On 24 May 1973, Pope Paul VI approved its new title Pontificia Studiorum Universitas Salesiana (Salesian Pontifical University) with the motu proprio Magisterium vitae. On 8 December 1986, a Department of Youth Pastoral and Catechetics was constituted by an agreement between the Faculties of Theology and Sciences of Education. ==Faculties==

• Theology • Educational Sciences "Auxilium" • Philosophy • Christian and Classical Literature • Sciences of Social Communication ==Publications==

The university's publications are edited by the Italian publishing house Libreria Ateneo Salesiano (LAS), founded in 1974. From 2022 to 2023, Marco Cardinaliit was its editor-in-chief. Since 1939, the university has published Salesianum (), the university's official journal and an interdisciplinary quarterly of philosophy and theology. ==Notable members==

Faculty • Tarcisio Bertone • Alfons Maria Stickler • Ludwig Schwarz • Antonio María Javierre Ortas Alumni • Angelo Amato • Rosalio José Castillo Lara • Joseph Zen • Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo ==References==