Institutum Historicum (English)
In 1977, the members of the Jesuit Historical Institute in Rome decided to begin the difficult task of preparing a historical dictionary (encyclopedia) of the Society of Jesus. In 1979 Fr. Arrupe approved the dictionary project, and work was begun. On the feast of St. Francis Xavier (December 3), 2001 the finished dictionary finally came off the presses. The Diccionario de la História de la Compañía de Jesús counts some 4110 pages in four volumes, and includes some 5,637 biographies, 138 articles on Jesuit activity in various countries, and 158 articles touching various themes and activities of the Society and its Institute. More than seven hundred authors, translators, and editors were involved in the preparation of this work. The encyclopedia has been co-published by the Pontifical University of Comillas (Madrid) and the Jesuit Historical Institute in Rome. The price for this four volume work is € 300 (plus postage). Requests may be made either to ihsiroma@sjcuria.org or to coria@bib.upco.es .
(Courtesy SJ Curia, Rome)
