Pontifical Academy of Sciences

Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Pontificia accademia delle scienze
TypeCatholic, Research institute, Pontifical University
Established1936 (1936)
ChancellorPeter Turkson
PresidentJoachim von Braun[1]
Location
Casina Pio IV
00120 Vatican City

41°54′15″N 12°27′9″E / 41.90417°N 12.45250°E / 41.90417; 12.45250
Websitepas.va
Casina Pio IV, home of the academy

The Pontifical Academy of Sciences (Italian: Pontificia accademia delle scienze, Latin: Pontificia Academia Scientiarum) is a scientific academy of the Vatican City, established in 1936 by Pope Pius XI.[2] Its aim is to promote the progress of the mathematical, physical, and natural sciences and the study of related epistemological problems. The Accademia Pontificia dei Nuovi Lincei ("Pontifical Academy of the New Lynxes") was founded in 1847 as a more closely supervised successor to the Accademia dei Lincei ("Academy of Lynxes") established in Rome in 1603 by the learned Roman Prince, Federico Cesi (1585–1630), who was a young botanist and naturalist, and which claimed Galileo Galilei as its president. The Accademia dei Lincei survives as a wholly separate institution.[3]

The Academy of Sciences, one of the Pontifical academies at the Vatican in Rome, is headquartered in the Casina Pio IV in the heart of the Vatican Gardens.[4]

  1. ^ "New head of Pontifical Academy of Science a natural Francis choice". 23 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Magisterium". www.casinapioiv.va.
  3. ^ "Google Translate". translate.google.com.
  4. ^ "Casina Pio IV". www.casinapioiv.va.

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