Fr. Felipe de Azevedo Ramos, EP

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Fr. Felipe de Azevedo Ramos, EP, holds a degree in Theology and a Doctorate in Philosophy from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum, Rome), where his doctoral thesis received the highest distinction (summa cum laude) and was awarded two international prizes.

He also holds a postgraduate degree in Medieval Studies (DEEM-FIDEM). He serves as editor of the journal Lumen Veritatis, and works as a translator of Latin texts and professor at the Aristotelian-Thomistic Philosophical Institute. His academic work includes over one hundred published articles in Brazil and abroad.

Biography

Felipe de Azevedo Ramos, EP, was born in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in 1982, where he joined the Heralds of the Gospel in 1998. He participated in various popular missions in the capital of his native state, Minas Gerais, and in neighboring cities.

After a period of philosophical and theological formation in São Paulo, he worked as a librarian and also as part of the editorial staff of the Heralds of the Gospel magazine.

He also carried out evangelizing activities in Canada, the Northeast of Brazil and Italy, as well as for short periods in other Latin American and European countries, promoting religious, philosophical and cultural formation among different communities.

He has a Masters and a Doctorate in Philosophy from the Pontificia Università San Tommaso d’Aquino (Angelicum-Rome). His doctoral thesis obtained the highest grade (summa cum laude) and also earned him two international awards (Veritas et amor and Marco Arosio).

He also holds a postgraduate degree in Medieval Studies with the Diplôme Européen d’Études Médiévales (DEEM-FIDEM).

He is also editor of the academic journal Lumen Veritatis, translator of Latin language and professor at the Aristotelian-Thomistic Philosophical Institute (São Paulo) since 2009.

He has published more than a hundred articles in magazines in Brazil and in other countries. Besides Portuguese, he speaks English, Spanish, French, Italian, and German.

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