New Vice-Prefect for Vatican
Apostolic Library
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| The Vatican Apostolic Library |
The Holy Father has appointed as deputy prefect of the
Vatican Apostolic Library the distinguished Dr. Timothy James Janz, scriptor
graecus and director of the Printed Books Department of the Vatican Apostolic
Library.
Dr. Timothy James Janz was born in Basle on 1 April 1966. He
carried out his classical studies at the University of Laval, Québec, Canada,
and was subsequently awarded a degree in classic Greek literature from the La
Sorbonne University of Paris and a doctorate in classics from the University of
Oxford.
He entered the Vatican Apostolic Library as deputy
assistant, and has published numerous articles, monographs, contributions and
reviews both on the Greek tradition of the Bible, the Septuagint,
and on classic Greek texts and the catalogue of Greek manuscripts of the Vatican
Apostolic Library.
In addition, he has collaborated on various projects in the
same Library, and was gradually promoted until he was appointed as Scriptor
graecus in 2011, and director of the Printed Books Department in 2016.
He is a member of the Board of the Library.
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