on
The Saints Doctors of the Church in faith, devotion, theology and art – past and present (universal and regional perspective)
Date:
November 4, 2025
Organizer:
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Poland)
Patronage:
Society of Dogmatic Theologians (Poland)
Polish Theological Society – Branch in Elbląg (Poland)
Meeting
place:
Stationary
– Faculty
of Theology UWM in Olsztyn (Poland), ul. Hozjusza
15
Online – app Google Meet, access code – bdz-wovt-bny
Invitation
The University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn invites you to participate in the International 20th Warmia Hagiological Seminar on the topic “Saints Doctors of the Church in faith, piety, theology and art – past and present (universal and regional perspective)”, on November 4, 2025. The purpose of the seminar is to bring together specialists from different research areas to gather information on the Doctors of the Church – the religious cult in which they were or are surrounded, traces of historical and liturgical memory, the charism of holiness and the pattern of spirituality that characterizes them. The common research question is the question of the place and significance of the Doctor of the Church for the modern generations of believers and seekers.
We direct questions to historians, art historians, musicologists, theologians, sociologists, educators, psychologists, philosophers and other specialists who are interested in the proposed topic.
The title of Doctor of the Church is given in the Catholic Church to saints who have made a special contribution to the reflection on the mystery of God and have contributed to the expansion of the experience of the Christian mystery of faith. The group of Doctors of the Church includes:
Ambrose (1295), Augustine of Hippo (1295), Jerome (1295), Gregory the Great (1295), Basil the Great (1568), Gregory of Nazianzus (1568), John Chrysostom (1568), Athanasius (1568), Thomas Aquinas (1567), Bonaventure (1588), Anselm of Canterbury (1720), Isidore of Seville (1722), Peter Chrysologus (1729), Leo the Great (1754), Peter Damian (1828), Bernard of Clairvaux (1830), Hilary of Poitiers (1851), Alphonsus Liguori (1871), Francis de Sales (1877), Cyril of Jerusalem (1882), Cyril of Alexandria (1882), John Damascene (1890), Bede of Venerable (1899), Ephrem (1920), Pater Canisius (1925), John of the Cross (1926), Robert Bellarmine (1931), Albertus Magnus (1931), Anthony of Padua (1946), Lawrence of Brindisi (1959), Catherine of Siena (1970), Teresa of Ávila (1970), Teresa of Lisieux (1997), Hildegard of Bingen (2012), John of Ávila (2012), Gregory of Narek (2015), Irenaeus of Lyon (2022).
Hybrid form of participation:
stationary – Faculty of Theology UWM in Olsztyn (Poland), ul. Hozjusza 15
online – Google Meet application: https://meet.google.com/bdz-wovt-bny
Deadlines:
- May 31, 2025 – topic submission
- August 31, 2025 – providing a summary in Polish and English, volume: approx. 150 words
- September 31, 2025 – providing the content of the paper in English or Italian, or Spanish for translation into Polish.
If you are interested in active participation, please contact: tdf@uwm.edu.pl