Type | Public, Catholic, Pontifical |
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Established | 1773 |
Rector | Archbishop-elect Alfonso V. Amarante, C.SS.R. |
Location | , 41°53′11″N 12°30′18″E / 41.8864°N 12.5050°E |
Grand Chancellor | Cardinal Angelo De Donatis |
Website | www |
The Pontifical Lateran University (Italian: Pontificia Università Lateranense; Latin: Pontificia Universitas Lateranensis), also known as Lateranum, is a pontifical university based in Rome. 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. As of 2014[update] the Pontifical Lateran university had students from more than a hundred countries. It is also sometimes also known as the Pontifical University of Apollinaire.