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==Mariology and the Marianum==
The pontifical theological faculty ''[[Marianum]]'' which is now one of the leading centers of [[Mariology]] was established by the Servite Order in accord with its tradition of many centuries. In 1398 [[Pope Boniface IX]] granted the order the right to confer theological degrees. Suppressed by the Kingdom of Italy in 1870, it was reopened in 1895 under the name of Sant'Alessio Falconeri.

In 1939 the Servite priest [[Gabriel Roschini]] founded the journal ''Marianum'' and directed it for its first thirty years, establishing it as a respected international specialist journal which is still successfully published by the Marianum theological faculty. 

In 1950 Roschini was also instrumental in the reorganization of the Servite house of studies in Rome as the [[Marianum]] theological faculty, which, on 8 December 1955 became a pontifical faculty in virtue of the decree ''Coelesti Honorandae Reginae'' of the Sacred Congregation of Seminaries and Universities under the authority of [[Pope Pius XII]].<ref>''Annuario Pontificio'' 2005, p. 1905</ref> Its particular speciality is the study of the theology and history of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of her veneration in the church.