Romano Guardini (1885–1968) was a Catholic priest, author, and academic. He was one of the most important figures in Catholic intellectual life in 20th-century Germany.
Guardini was born in Verona, Italy in 1885, but his family moved to Mainz when he was one year old and he lived in Germany for the rest of his life. After studying chemistry in Tübingen for two semesters, and economics in Munich and Berlin for three, he discerned a vocation to the...
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Romano Guardini (1885–1968) was a Catholic priest, author, and academic. He was one of the most important figures in Catholic intellectual life in 20th-century Germany.
Guardini was born in Verona, Italy in 1885, but his family moved to Mainz when he was one year old and he lived in Germany for the rest of his life. After studying chemistry in Tübingen for two semesters, and economics in Munich and Berlin for three, he discerned a vocation to the priesthood. He studied Theology in Freiburg im Breisgau and Tübingen, and was ordained priest in Mainz in 1910. He briefly worked in a pastoral position before returning to Freiburg to work on his doctorate in Theology under Engelbert Krebs. He received the doctorate in 1915, for a dissertation on Bonaventure. He completed his “Habilitation” in Dogmatic Theology in Bonn in 1922, again with a dissertation on Bonaventure. Throughout this period he also worked as a chaplain to the Catholic youth movement,hiding the little boys that were getting...
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