St. Leo the Great University
“Servire Veritati et Caritati”
🪶 Department of Philosophy
Dr. Basil Gregory Castalian, Ph.D.
Chair of Philosophy and Dean of Faculty
- B.A., Great Books, St. John’s College
- Ph.D., Thomistic Metaphysics, University of Salamanca
- Former Visiting Fellow at the Royal Academy of Eyehasseen
- Specializes in Aquinas, classical realism, and metaphysics of participation
- Known for holding tutorials beneath the Linden Tree in the Forum Courtyard
Dr. Eulalia Veritatis, Ph.D.
Professor of Ancient Philosophy
- B.A., University of the Aegean
- Ph.D., Platonic Studies, Angelicum (Rome)
- Speaks fluent Attic Greek; lectures often delivered in translation-free format
- Research: “Eros and Epistemology in the Symposium”
Fr. Theophanes Aquilinus, O.P., S.T.D.
Professor of Thomistic Thought and Sacra Doctrina
- S.T.B., Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
- S.T.L./S.T.D., Lateran University
- Teaches all courses in traditional Dominican habit
- Wrote Summa contra Nihilism, required in upper-level courses
Dr. Maximus Laurentius, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Political Philosophy and Catholic Social Thought
- B.A., Political Theory, Hillsdale College
- M.A., Eyehasseen Institute of Civic Order
- Ph.D., Political Philosophy, Universitas Regni Unitatis
- Advocates restoration of virtue ethics in public discourse
📖 Department of Theology
Sr. Anna Clara, O.S.B., Ph.D.
Chair of Theology and Director of Liturgical Life
- M.A., Sacred Liturgy, St. Meinrad
- Ph.D., Patristics and Monastic Theology, Institutum Patrum (France)
- Specializes in Benedictine spirituality and early Church mystagogy
- Coordinates Lectio Divina Chapel Series and Candlelight Vespers
Dr. Aurelius M. Severinus, S.T.D.
Professor of Dogmatic Theology
- S.T.D., Gregorian University
- Former Theological Advisor to the Eyehasseen Synod on Apostolic Beauty
- Teaches “The Trinity and the Problem of Analogy”
- Writes under pseudonym Speculum Ecclesiae
Fr. Marcus Leo, Ph.D.
Professor of Sacred Scripture and Royal Chaplain
- B.A., Biblical Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Ph.D., Biblical Theology, École Biblique de Jérusalem
- Often preaches barefoot during Matins
- Research: Typology, Temple Theology, and Pauline Christology
Dr. Hildegard Castitas, Ph.D.
Lecturer in Moral Theology and Philosophical Ethics
- B.A., Ethics & Culture, University of Notre Dame
- Ph.D., Christian Ethics, Eyehasseen Theological Seminary
- Leads annual Colloquium on Conscience and Kingship
- Developed Eyehasseen’s “Rule of Moral Discernment” core curriculum
📚 Visiting & Honorary Fellows
Baron Johannes von Benedikt, Scholar-in-Residence
- Renowned orator and lay apologist
- Teaches short intensive modules on rhetoric and persuasion
- Author of Logos and the Scepter: On Speech and Sovereignty
Lady Seraphina of the Lantern Keep, Honorary Fellow in Aesthetics
- Specialist in sacred architecture and liturgical vesture
- Curator of the University’s Reliquary of Imagined Saints
- Offers guest lectures in the Oratory on “The Theology of Beauty”