The Franciscan Institute Medal 1990

THE FRANCISCAN INSTITUTE MEDAL 1990 CITATION THE FRANCISCAN INSTITUTE of SAINT BONAVENTURE UNIVERSITY is privileged to honor as the fourth recipient of its medal for outstanding contributions to scholarship in Franciscan studies THE REVEREND LINO GOMEZ CAÑEDO, O.F.M. Father Lino's half-century of dedication to Franciscan studies began in 1940, when he was appointed director of the Cardinal Cisneros Center for Franciscan Research in Madrid. During his seven-year tenure in that office, he supervised reconstruction of the center, which had been destroyed during the Spanish Civil War, and edited its renowned journal, the Archivo ibero-americano. During the next five years, grants from the Spanish Foreign Office and the Organization ofAmerican States enabled him to explore Latin American archives in search of source material for the Franciscan missionary history of the Americas. In 1952 he began his thirty-five-year term as a resident member of the Academy of American Franciscan History in Washington. During those years he likewise served as visiting professor at the Franciscan Institute, the University of Puerto Rico and the National University of Mexico, authored twenty books and 150 journal articles centering principally on the Franciscan contribution to the evangelization of the Americas, and contributed to the Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques , New Catholic Encyclopedia, and Handbook ofLatinAmerican Studies. Already honored by Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas with its Menéndez Pelayo and Raimundo Lulio awards, Father Lino is now fittingly honored by the Franciscan Institute on this, the fiftieth anniversary of its founding. LINO GOMEZ CAÑEDO, O.F.M. 1908-1990 Fourth Recipient of the Franciscan Institute Medal July 15, 1990 THE FRANCISCAN INSTITUTE MEDAL THE SILVER MEDALLION bears the legend "Scholarship in Franciscan Studies " and the effigies of the four great Franciscan teachers: St. Anthony of Padua, St. Bonaventure, John Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham. Completing the circle of the four doctors is the name of the honorée and the year of the award. BONAVENTU ANTHONY LINO CAÑEDO SPIRI TUS* VITA ON THE REVERSE SIDE of the medal is the seal of The Franciscan Institute bearing the Tau-cross-signatore of St. Francis and the Institute motto, "Spirit and Life." LINO GOMEZ CAÑEDO, O.F.M. Lino Gómez Cañedo was born June 24, 1908, fourth of eight boys, in the hamlet of Tenda, near Laracha in the province of Coruña, the extreme northwest of Spain. After commencing his studies with the Franciscans in 1921, he joined the Order, August 25, 1923, and was professed, August 26, of the following year. He studied in Franciscan schools: philosophy at Orense, and theology at Santiago, where he was ordained to the priesthood, June 14, 1931. His literary inclinations had already become obvious in his first published articles, in Liceofranciscano, a seminary periodical whose editorship he held. Among the seminary professors was the famous Franciscan historian Atanasio López. When this great scholar's health collapsed in 1931, the young Father Cañedo became his companion, understudy, and assistant. Now appeared in Estudiosfranciscanos and the Archivo ibero-americano his own first contributions in the field to which he would dedicate his scholarly life, Spanish-American Franciscan history. Assigned to Rome as a secretary in the Franciscan procurator general's office in the fall of 1933, Fr. Lino had the opportunity to pursue studies in the School of the Vatican Library, from which he took a diploma, June 27, 1935, and in the Scuola di Paleografía of the Archivio di Stato in Roma e Archivio del Regno, completing his studies in December 1936. Meanwhile, on October 28, 1935, he had matriculated in the faculty of ecclesiastical history at the Gregorian University, from which he took his license summa cum laude, in June of 1937. These were difficult years: his brother dying in the Spanish Civil War on September 21. On May 24, 1939, Fr. Lino defended his thesis, "Don Juan de Carvajal, cardenal de Sant'Angelo y Legado en Alemania y Hungría," magna cum laude, to take his doctorate in Church history. Post doctoral research in eastern Europe was cut short by the outbreak of World War II. Named...