Headquartered in Fourneaux, France, the Collegium Augustinianum is a research institute and learned society of scholars in philosophy, theology, classics and the humanities organized as a College of Fellows, including some of the world's leading scholars of the thought of St. Augustine of Hippo and his venerable intellectual heritage.
Nonprofit Educational Institution
Founded in Paris, France, and now centered in the French Alps, the Collegium Augustinianum is a research institute and community of scholars, chartered as an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution and College of Fellows in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Since 2012, the Collegium Augustinianum operates a specialized Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology as a foreign nonprofit corporation in the State of Florida, USA. Registered and officially recognized as a religious-exempt Christian ecumenical institution of higher education by the Commission for Independent Education of the Florida State Department of Education, the Graduate School lawfully confers ecclesiastical (research) degrees in philosophy and theology pursuant to Florida Statute 1005.06 (1) (f).
In 2013, the Collegium Augustinianum established the Bandy Collection of Classical Greek, Latin and Byzantine Studies, now a permanent collection at the historic Athenaeum of Philadelphia on Washington Square in Society Hill of Philadelphia (USA), in memory of our late renowned Distinguished Fellow, The Rev. Prof. Anastasius C. Bandy, who was an eminent Greek and Latin scholar.
In 2014, the Collegium Augustinianum was recognized for its scholarly achievements by official proclamation of the State Senate and of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Our Intellectual Heritage
Continuing the scholarly legacy of Mgr. Henri-Nicolas Sylvestre Guillon, Père Armand-Benjamin Caillau and Père Jacques Paul Migne begun in 1849, the Collegium Augustinianum was formally chartered as a College of Fellows in 1999 by some of the leading Augustinian scholars in the world to advance the thought of St. Augustine of Hippo and the venerable Augustinian tradition in Western philosophy and theology.
The College of Fellows of the Collegium Augustinianum established research centers in Europe and in the United States, including some of the world's most illustrious scholars like Tarcisius Van Bavel, O.S.A. (Leuven), Frederick Van Fleteren (Villanova), Roland J. Teske, S.J. (Marquette) and Vincent Zarini (Paris).
Through our Fellows and faculty, our colleagues and students continue a venerable intellectual lineage connecting us with Augustinian luminaries like Tarcisius J. van Bavel, John J. O’Meara, Pierre Courcelle, Jacques Paul Migne and many others through the ages.
Today, the Collegium Augustinianum continues its legacy as a community of scholars centered in the French Alps, providing sabbatical opportunities for scholars seeking a quiet and scholarly space for research and writing on St. Augustineof Hippo and the Augustinian intellectual tradition.