Omnes in Seminario ante oculos habeant Dominum Jesum

Giovanni Colombo nella fase preparatoria del Concilio ecumenico Vaticano II

Abstract

A chapter never treated within Cardinal Giovanni Colombo’s biography is that relating to his participation in the preparatory phase of the Second Vati-can Ecumenical Council. This effectively deals with a brief span of time, just eighteen months, which nonetheless sees the future archbishop of Milan tak-ing on a fundamental role in the editing of the schema which was to later become the decree Optatam totius. This article proposes the presentation of the activity of the Rector of Venegono Seminary thanks to the documentation preserved in the Council archive.