Bologna, University of

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• Bologna, University of — Oldest university in Europe, founded in Bologna, Italy, in 1088. It became in the 12th–13th centuries the principal centre for studies in civil and canon law, and it served as a model for the organization of universities throughout Europe. Its… …   Universalium

• Bologna, University of —    The older of the two greatest universities of medieval and Renaissance Italy, known especially for the study of law but also possessing a highly regarded faculty of medicine. The university came into being by natural growth, beginning in the… …   Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

• bologna — /beuh loh nee, neuh, lohn yeuh/, n. a large seasoned sausage made of finely ground meat, usually beef and pork, that has been cooked and smoked. Also called bologna sausage. [1555 65; after BOLOGNA, Italy] * * * City (pop., 2001 prelim.: 369,955) …   Universalium

• Bologna — /beuh lohn yeuh/; It. /baw law nyah/, n. 1. Giovanni da /jee euh vah nee deuh/; It. /jaw vahn nee dah/, (Jean de Boulogne, Giambologna), c1525 1608, Italian sculptor, born in France. 2. a city in N Italy. 484,406. * * * City (pop., 2001 prelim.:… …   Universalium

• university — universitarian /yooh neuh verr si tair ee euhn/, n., adj. /yooh neuh verr si tee/, n., pl. universities. an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several… …   Universalium

• BOLOGNA — BOLOGNA, city of north central Italy. There is documented evidence of a Jewish presence since 1353, when the Jewish banker Gaius Finzi from Rome took up his residence in the quartier of Porta Procola. In the second half of the 14th century around …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• University of Helsinki — is not to be confused with either the Helsinki University of Technology or the University of Art and Design Helsinki. University of Helsinki Helsingin yliopisto Helsingfors universitet …   Wikipedia

• University of Coimbra — Universidade de Coimbra Latin: Universitas Conimbrigensis Established 1290 …   Wikipedia

• University of Padua —     University of Padua     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► University of Padua     The University of Padua dates, according to some anonymous chronicles (Muratori, Rer. Ital. Script. , VIII, 371, 421, 459, 736), from 1222, when a part of the Studium… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• University of Naples Federico II — Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Motto Ad Scientiarum Haustum et Seminarium Doctrinarum Established 1224 Type State …   Wikipedia