The scientific and organizational structure of the Leone XIV International Study Center is articulated through a series of committees and functions that collaborate in defining, evaluating, and implementing the Center’s cultural, academic, and institutional activities. Bringing their composition together on a single page makes it possible to highlight the network of expertise supporting the Center’s mission, offering readers a clear, transparent, and integrated view of the people involved.
The committees operate in constant dialogue with the Augustinian Community of Santo Spirito and with the national and international academic and cultural world, ensuring scientific quality, strong local engagement, and openness to global perspectives.
Alongside the committees, the Secretariat Staff ensures the administrative, organizational, IT, and communication coordination of the Center, supporting daily activities and facilitating relations between the governing bodies and the scientific community.
- Local Organizing Committee (LOC)
- Honorary Committee
- Scientific Committee
- Finance Committee
- External Relations Committee
- Secretariat
Local Organizing Committee (LOC)
The Local Organising Committee (LOC) plays a central role in the organisation, operational coordination, and implementation of the activities of the International Study Centre Leone XIV ETS, also assuming strategic advisory and steering functions during the planning and execution phases of its initiatives.
The LOC contributes to programme development and provides operational guidance on all organisational aspects of the Centre’s activities, including event planning, logistics, venues, hospitality, and coordination with the stakeholders involved. In this context, it oversees the organisation of seminars, conferences, public meetings and cultural initiatives, ensuring effective operational liaison with the Augustinian Community of Santo Spirito, with local institutions, and with the partners of each activity.The Local Organising Committee works in close and continuous collaboration with the Scientific Committee and the governing bodies, helping to translate institutional and scientific guidelines into concrete actions. Through this coordination and advisory role, the LOC fosters community engagement and contributes significantly to the continuity, quality, and visibility of the Centre’s activities.
Giuseppe Pagano ✦
Comunità di Santo Spirito
Giulia Bacci
Associazione A Minimo Incipe
Severino Bussino
Comunità di Santo Spirito
Juan Antonio Cabrera Montero
Istituto Patristico Augustinianum
Luciano De Michieli
Ordine di S. Agostino
Kevin Di Prinzio
Ordine di S. Agostino
Albino Todeschini
Associazione A Minimo Incipe
Marco Zini
Associazione A Minimo Incipe
Honorary Committee
Martin Davakan
Assistente Generale per l'Europa
Peter Donohue
Villanova University
Joseph Farrell
Priore Generale dell'Ordine di Sant'Agostino
Sara Funaro
Sindaco di Firenze
Gherardo Gambelli
Arcivescovo di Firenze
Eugenio Giani
Presidente Regione Toscana
Augusto Paolo Lojudice
Presidente Conferenza Episcopale Toscana
Alejandro Moral Antón
Priore Generale Emerito
Pietro Parolin
Segretario di Stato Vaticano
Gabriele Pedicino
Priore Provinciale della Provincia Agostiniana d'Italia
Matteo Zuppi
Presidente Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Scientific Committee
Giuseppe Pagano ✦
Comunità di Santo Spirito
Direttore
Juan Antonio Cabrera Montero
Istituto Patristico Augustinianum
Massimo Cacciari
Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele Milano
Dionisio Candido
Universität Salzburg
Giuseppe Caruso
Istituto Patristico
Marco Casadei
ISSR Rimini
Erio Castellucci
Vescovo di Modena e Carpi
Michael Clemens
Augustinerkloster Würzburg
Manuel Czar Alvarez
San Agustin Center of Studies Quezon City
Severino Dianich
Facoltà Teologica dell'Italia Centrale
Massimo Faggioli
Trinity College Dublin
Patrizia Giunti
Università di Firenze
Andres Luque Teruel
Universidad de Sevilla
Claudia Maiorelli
Monastero S. Antonio
Luis Marin de San Martin
Elemosiniere di Sua Santità
Luca Mazzinghi
Pontificia Università Gregoriana
Simone Morandini
Istituto di Studi Ecumenici San Bernardino
Juan Manuel Olandia
Istituto Teologico dell'Escorial
Giovanni Cesare Pagazzi
Archivista e Bibliotecario di Santa Romana Chiesa
Donatella Pagliacci
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Donatella Puliga
Università di Siena – ISSR Toscana
Francesco Romano
Diocesi di Firenze
Rocco Ronzani
Prefetto Archivio Apostolico Vaticano
Francesco Salvestrini
Università di Firenze
Cristina Simonelli
Studio Teologico San Zeno
Francesco Suppa
Scuola Normale Superiore
Elisabetta Tarchi
Congregazione SS. Annunziata
Chesley Turner
Villanova University
Lucia Vantini
Studio Teologico San Zeno
Finance Committee
The Finance Committee supports the Centre’s financial planning and monitors the sustainability of its activities, resource management, and the pursuit of funding, in accordance with the principles of transparency and accountability.
Lorenzo Calvani ✦
Coordinatore
Riccardo Capecchi
Victor Santos Fernández
Lodovico Marazzi
Francesco Romano
Diocesi di Firenze
External Relations Committee
The External Relations Committee of the Leone XIV Study Centre promotes and coordinates relations with academic institutions, cultural organisations, ecclesial bodies, foundations, and international organisations. Its mission is to strengthen the presence of the Study Centre within the Italian and European cultural and scientific landscape by supporting the development of strategic partnerships and shared initiatives.
The Committee oversees the Centre’s public visibility, participation in conferences, symposia, and research programmes, and contributes to the building of collaborative networks that promote Augustinian studies, interdisciplinary dialogue, and the spiritual tradition associated with the Basilica of Santo Spirito.Through its activities, the External Relations Committee reinforces the international dimension of the Study Centre, promoting exchanges, joint projects, and a coherent and high-quality institutional communication.
Andrea Bigalli ✦
Facoltà Teologia dell'Italia Centrale
Coordinatore
Marco Pietro Giovannoni
ISSR Toscana
Alicia Iglesias Cumplido
Universidad de Sevilla
Christine Quisenberry
Villanova University
Secretariat
The Secretariat Staff provides operational support to the activities of the Leone XIV Study Centre, ensuring administrative, organisational, digital, and communication coordination among the governing bodies, the committees, and the Augustinian Community of Santo Spirito.
Giulia Bacci ✦
Associazione A Minimo Incipe
Secretary
Massimo Capaccioli
Associazione A Minimo Incipe
Ilaria Cimmino
Associazione A Minimo Incipe
Claudio Tirinnanzi
Associazione A Minimo Incipe