Edward Aloysius Synan FRSC (13 April 1918 – 3 August 1997[4]) was a Catholic philosopher, theologian, and professor at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.
In addition to authoring and editing several books, Synan published over eighty journal articles on subjects ranging from early patristics to late scholasticism.
[4] Synan was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, but grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey and attended St. Luke's High School.
When the outbreak of World War II forced him to return to the United States, he resumed his study of theology at the Catholic University of America.
[2] At Pegis's eulogy, Synan remarked, "No teacher is more truly the friend of a graduate student than is the one who insures, whether by encouragement, or by cajolery, or by severity, that the doctorate not turn into a life-time project.