The Pontifical Roman Seminary is a seminary in Rome, Italy located at the Basilica of St. John Lateran. Its teachings are based on the Roman Pontifical.
The Council of Trent in its 23rd session decreed the establishment of diocesan seminaries. Pope Pius IV decided to set a good example, and on 1 February 1565, the Roman Seminary was solemnly opened with 60 students. The rules were drawn up by Diego Lainez, General of the Society of Jesus, and to ...
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The Pontifical Roman Seminary is a seminary in Rome, Italy located at the Basilica of St. John Lateran. Its teachings are based on the Roman Pontifical.
The Council of Trent in its 23rd session decreed the establishment of diocesan seminaries. Pope Pius IV decided to set a good example, and on 1 February 1565, the Roman Seminary was solemnly opened with 60 students. The rules were drawn up by Diego Lainez, General of the Society of Jesus, and to this order Pius IV entrusted the management of the college.
Up to 1773 the students attended the lectures in the Collage Romano; the residence was changed several times before 1608, when they settled in the Palazzo Borromeo in the Via del Seminario (now the Gregorian University). A country seat was erected for the students in a portion of the baths of Caracalla. Each year, at Pentecost, a student delivered a discourse on the Holy Ghost in the papal chapel.
In 1773 the seminary was installed in the Collegio Romano of the Jesuits. After the...
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