University professor Modesto Santos, emeritus professor of Ethics and Sociology, dies

Professor Modesto Santos, who worked at the Ecclesiastical School of Philosophy and the School of Philosophy and Letters at the University of Navarra. He was 88 years old. A native of Fuencaliente, Ciudad Real (1935), he was ordained a priest in June 1960. He earned his master’s degree (1967) and doctorate (1972) in Philosophy from the University.

In 1969, he began teaching courses in Ethics and Sociology at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Between 1981 and 1983, he moved to Murcia to head the department Ethics and Sociology at the University of Murcia. Upon his return to Pamplona, he was appointed Deputy Director department Philosophy, position held until 1997 when the department merged into the Department of Philosophy. teaching also teaching the Ecclesiastical School of Philosophy, where he served as Associate Dean director research.

He directed courses at doctorate and lectured as Visiting Professor in several Spanish and foreign universities. He is the author of several books, including: Ética y Philosophy. Historical-critical study or Ethical dilemmas of current medicine. After his retirement, in 2005, he received the appointment of Professor Emeritus of the School of Philosophy y Letras.

Sergio Sánchez-Migallón, Associate Dean the Ecclesiastical School of Philosophy, recalls that Professor Santos "was a core topic figure core topic thecore topic of the School. His tireless generosity and warm friendship encouraged both the young faculty members who were joining us and countless students. He was always attentive to others, sincerely concerned about each person’s circumstances, with a profound sense of the supernatural.”

César Izquierdo, former professor at School of Theology, points out: "Professor Modesto Santos was a rigorous intellectual and a very faithful priest. In him, both aspects constituted a mission statement that lived in full harmony. He was a firm defender of reason at a time when it was suffering the onslaught of an accommodating vision of truth, and at the same time he was endowed with a great simplicity of heart that he maintained until the end of his life. He was an amiable conversationalist, endowed with a fine sense of humor, always willing to make himself position of the tasks that the university needed".

César Izquierdo also adds that Professor Santos was called to collaborate with the Spanish Episcopal lecture in the defense of the family and life. "Along with his academic work , he dedicated much time and energy to his priestly work. This is well known to the parishioners of the parish of Santa Vicenta Maria, in Pamplona, where he collaborated daily as long as his strength allowed him to do so".