page_title: Roman Colleges
section_title: Vatican Seminary
hierarchical_section_title: Roman Colleges / List of colleges / Former colleges / Vatican Seminary
caption_attribution_description: English: 1) Palazzino del Cardinale Arciprete di S. Pietro; 2) S. Marta; 3) S. Stefano degli Abissini; 4) Forno (Bakery).
context_page_description: The Roman Colleges, also referred to as the Pontifical Colleges in Rome, are institutions established and maintained in Rome for the education of future ecclesiastics of the Roman Catholic Church. Traditionally many were for students of a particular nationality. The colleges are halls of residence in which the students follow the usual seminary exercises of piety, study in private, and review the subjects treated in class. In some colleges there are special courses of instruction but the regular courses in philosophy and theology are given in a few large central institutions, such as Pontifical Urbaniana University, the Pontifical Gregorian University, the Pontifical Lateran University, and the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum.
context_section_description: The Vatican Seminary was founded in 1636 by Urban VIII. Its pupils had the task of assisting at the liturgical services at the Basilica of St. Peter. The administration was entrusted to the Vatican Chapter which appointed the rector. In 1730 the seminary was transferred from the Piazza Rusticucci to a building behind the apse of St. Peter's. In 1913 it was merged with the minor division of the "Roman Seminary" to form the Pontificio Seminario Romano Minore.
caption: Vatican Seminary and the Church of Santa Matra, Giuseppe Vasi
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