The new records found in several archive groups allow to retrace the history of the Giuseppe Toniolo Institute of Superior Studies from the creation, immediately after the First World War, to the beginning of the Seventies. The institute was founded to create, promote and sponsor the Catholic University. Studying the history of the Institute leads to the analysis of some fundamental events of the history of the Athenaeum founded by father Agostino Gemelli, «rector for life» of the Catholic University and, at the same time, president of the Toniolo Institute. This contribution underlines the role carried out by the first five presidents of the Institute, from Ernesto Lombardo, appointed at the foundation of the athenaeum, to Carlo Colombo. He was president of the Toniolo during the second half of the Sixties, in a problematic period of transition for the life of the University of the Sacred Heart. During that time the University was involved in the student protests and in a internal and external debate about the catholic status of itself. Through the chairmanships of the Toniolo in the considered period, when it was also committed to Francesco Olgiati, the co-founder of the athenaeum, and Giovanni Battista Montini, Archibishop of Milan, is possible to retrace the evolution both of the Institute and the University, an evolution considered in a long timespan. During that period the Catholic University developed and changed in a continuous comparison with the national history and italian academic system.
Documentazione inedita reperita in diversi fondi archivistici permette di ricostruire la storia dell’Istituto Giuseppe Toniolo di studi superiori, dalla sua creazione, subito dopo la prima guerra mondiale, agli inizi degli anni Settanta. L’Istituto è nato per dar vita all’Università Cattolica e l’ha costantemente promossa e accompagnata come ente fondatore e finanziatore. Indagarne le vicende significa approfondire alcuni snodi fondamentali della storia dell’ateneo fondato da padre Agostino Gemelli, «rettore a vita» dell’Università Cattolica e, al contempo, presidente del Toniolo. Il contributo si sofferma sul ruolo svolto dai primi cinque presidenti dell’Istituto, da Ernesto Lombardo, nominato al momento della fondazione dell’ateneo, a monsignor Carlo Colombo, presidente del Toniolo nella seconda metà degli anni Sessanta e dunque in una fase di passaggio delicata per la vita dell’Università del Sacro Cuore, coinvolta dalla contestazione studentesca e da un dibattito, interno ed esterno, che si concentrava sulla qualifica cattolica dell’ateneo. Attraverso le presidenze del Toniolo, che nel periodo considerato sono state affidate anche al cofondatore dell’ateneo Francesco Olgiati e all’arcivescovo di Milano Giovanni Battista Montini, è possibile ricostruire l’evoluzione sia dell’Istituto sia dell’Università, un’evoluzione che qui è affrontata tenendo conto di un arco temporale ampio, durante il quale la Cattolica si è sviluppata e si è trasformata, in un rapporto continuo con la storia nazionale e con il sistema universitario italiano.
Bocci, M., L’Istituto Toniolo nei suoi presidenti: dal conte Lombardo a Carlo Colombo., in Carera, A. (ed.), Giuseppe Toniolo. L’uomo come fine. Con saggi sulla storia dell’Istituto Giuseppe Toniolo di studi superiori, Vita e Pensiero, Milano 2014: 393- 473 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/63702]
L’Istituto Toniolo nei suoi presidenti: dal conte Lombardo a Carlo Colombo.
Bocci, Maria
2014
Abstract
The new records found in several archive groups allow to retrace the history of the Giuseppe Toniolo Institute of Superior Studies from the creation, immediately after the First World War, to the beginning of the Seventies. The institute was founded to create, promote and sponsor the Catholic University. Studying the history of the Institute leads to the analysis of some fundamental events of the history of the Athenaeum founded by father Agostino Gemelli, «rector for life» of the Catholic University and, at the same time, president of the Toniolo Institute. This contribution underlines the role carried out by the first five presidents of the Institute, from Ernesto Lombardo, appointed at the foundation of the athenaeum, to Carlo Colombo. He was president of the Toniolo during the second half of the Sixties, in a problematic period of transition for the life of the University of the Sacred Heart. During that time the University was involved in the student protests and in a internal and external debate about the catholic status of itself. Through the chairmanships of the Toniolo in the considered period, when it was also committed to Francesco Olgiati, the co-founder of the athenaeum, and Giovanni Battista Montini, Archibishop of Milan, is possible to retrace the evolution both of the Institute and the University, an evolution considered in a long timespan. During that period the Catholic University developed and changed in a continuous comparison with the national history and italian academic system.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.