Gregorianum
| Pontificia Università Gregoriana | |
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| Latin: Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana | |
| Motto | Religioni et Bonis Artibus |
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Motto in English
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For Religion and Culture |
| Type | Private pontifical university |
| Established | 23 February 1551 |
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Religious affiliation
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Catholic, Jesuit |
| Chancellor | Giuseppe Versaldi |
| Rector | Nuno da Silva Gonçalves |
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Academic staff
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304 |
| Students | 3,800 |
| Location |
Rome, Italy 41°53′56″N 12°29′5″E / 41.89889°N 12.48472°ECoordinates: 41°53′56″N 12°29′5″E / 41.89889°N 12.48472°E |
| Nickname | The Greg |
| Website | www |
The Pontifical Gregorian University (Italian: Pontificia Università Gregoriana; also known as the Gregoriana) is a pontifical university located in Rome, Italy. It was originally a part of the Roman College founded in 1551 by Saint Ignatius of Loyola, and included all grades of schooling. The university division of philosophy and theology of the Roman College was given Papal approval in 1556, making it the first university founded by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). In 1584 the Roman College was given a grandiose new home by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom it was renamed. It was already making its mark not only in sacred but also in natural science.
Only the theology and philosophy departments survived the political turmoil in Italy after 1870. Its international faculty serves around 3,800 students from over 150 countries.
Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, established a School of Grammar, Humanities, and Christian Doctrine (Scuola di grammatica, d'umanità e di Dottrina cristiana) on 18 February 1551 in a building at the base of the Capitoline Hill, on today's Piazza d'Aracoeli. Saint Francis Borgia, the viceroy of Catalonia, who became a Jesuit himself, provided financial patronage. With a small library connected to it, the school was called the Roman College (Collegio Romano). In September 1551, the site was transferred to a larger facility behind the Church of San Stefano del Cacco because so many students seeking enrollment. After only two years of existence, the Roman College had 250 alumni.
In January 1556, Pope Paul IV authorized the College to confer academic degrees in theology and philosophy, thereby raising the school to the rank of university. During the following two decades, again because of an increased number of students, the university changed its location twice. A chair in moral philosophy was added, and a chair in Arabic was added to the already existing chairs in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. With the university niw having more than 1000 pupils at this point, Pope Gregory XIII wanted to give it a more suitable headquarters. Two blocks near the Via del Corso were expropriated, and the architect Bartolomeo Ammannati was commissioned to design a grand new edifice for the institute. The new building was inaugurated in 1584 in what became known as the Piazza Collegio Romano, across from the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj. For his sponsorship of the Roman College, Gregory XIII became known as its "founder and father" and the school then was then called the "Gregorian University".
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