Pontifical Lombard Seminary

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Pontificio Seminario Lombardo
founding 1854
Sponsorship Catholic Church
place Rome
country Italy
Rector Ennio Apeciti
Website www.pslroma.it
Pontificio Seminario Lombardo east of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore

The Pontifical Lombard Seminary of Saints Ambrose and Charles (it. Pontificio Seminario Lombardo dei santi Ambrogio e Carlo in Urbe ; short Pontificio Seminario Lombardo ) is a seminary in Rome .

The Lombard Seminary was founded in 1854 by the bishops of Lombardy and on December 15, 1890 by Pope Leo XIII. Erected with the Breve In supremo . Originally, the seminary was used to train priests in Lombardy.

Under Rector Francesco Bertoglio, the (then) seminar building was a refuge in 1943 for 65 persecuted Jews who were rescued from being transported to Auschwitz . In 2011, Bertoglio received the Righteous Among the Nations award posthumously from the State of Israel .

The seminary of the Bishops' Conference of Lombardy is particularly dependent on the Holy See and promotes students at the Pontifical Universities . It is also open to non-Lombard and non-Italian clergy. Today's seminar building at Piazza di Santa Maria Maggiore 5 was built from 1963 and on November 11, 1965 by Pope Paul VI. opened.

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  1. ↑ Il Pontificio Seminario Lombardo ei 65 ebrei salvati ( Memento of the original from November 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Web presence of the seminar @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pslroma.it
  2. ↑ “DISCORSO DI PAOLO VI AGLI ALUNNI DEL SEMINARIO LOMBARDO DI ROMA” , Vatican , June 11, 1965 (Italian)

Coordinates: 41 ° 53 ′ 51 ″  N , 12 ° 29 ′ 59 ″  E