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The Pontifical Lateran University (''Pontificia Università Lateranense'' or ''Lateranum'') is a prestigious university by pontifical right based in Rome, Italy. The university also hosts the central session of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family. The university is known as "The Pope's University". Its Grand Chancellor is the Vicar General to the Holy Father for the Diocese of Rome, and thus the university is placed directly under the authority of the Pope. Four of its graduates have been canonized. the Pontifical Lateran university had students of more than 100 nationalities. == History == The present Pontifical Lateran University was founded in 1773 by Pope Clement XIV after he had suppressed the Society of Jesus, and officially entrusted the clergy of Rome with the mission to teach theology and philosophy to seminarians from the Roman Colleges. In 1824 Pope Leo XII restored the order and returned to the Jesuits what became the Pontifical Gregorian University, but allowed the secular clergy who had been replaced to continue to devote themselves to teaching: at the site where the Palace of Saint Apollinaris stood in 1853, Pope Pius IX founded the Faculty of Canon Law and Civil Law and the ''Pontifical Institute Utriusque Iuris''. The new institution took the name of Pontifical Roman Seminary University. Pope Pius XI gave the Ateneo its permanent seat at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, and in 1932 the Chancellor was assigned as Cardinal vicar of Rome. Pope Pius XII in 1958 established the Pontifical Institute ''Pastorale''. The following year, Pope John XXIII erected the institute into a university and gave it the name of the Pontifical Lateran University. In 1981 Pope John Paul II founded, in the University, the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, which has the right to confer academic degrees. In 2001 the Lateran University Press was established to publish numerous prestigious scientific publications and seven magazines. According to the Decree of the Ministry of University and Scientific Research of the Italian Republic of 21 September 2006, implementing Law No. 63, March 5, 2004, the Laurea in Law (L/31) and Laurea Magistrale in Law (LMG/01) are equivalent to degrees issued by Italian universities. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pontifical Lateran University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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