Romanian Students at the Pontifical Universities in Rome (1853-1948) Career Paths and Generational Patterns.

The present study is a preliminan, analysis, from a socio-professional perspective, of the first set of guantitative data on the generations of Romanian students who studied at the pontifical universities iii Ronic between 1853 and 1948. Without research that could piece together the general picture of all the students educated in Rome during the discussed period, this study identifies the generations of stridents trained over a cent, inG their furmative patterns, their contacts and partictilarities, and the prottssional paths tbHowed by the graduates. It outlines the socio-cultural climate in which the three generations of students were educated and its impact on their theological and intellectual profile. A special part of this stlidy is dedicated to identifring and analyzing the factors that contributed to the selection of the students and their career paths, focusing particularly on the impact of social origin, cducation, kinship relations, as well as on political factors. Last but not least, it also considers the dynamics of the embleinatic figures of each generation, the university dropout phenomenon, and the reasons behind career changes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]