Saint Anthony the Abbot Seminary

Saint Anthony the Abbot Seminary (Spanish: Seminario de San Antonio Abad) is a seminary in charge of preparing priests for the Archdiocese of Cuzco. It is based in Cuzco, Peru, and can be considered among the oldest in the American continent (1598).[1] It is named after Saint Anthony the Abbot.

The church and plaza in 2007

A Spanish delegation was sent to the Seminary in 1899 to reform the school's administration. Under the government of Augusto B. Leguía, the seminary was again reformed with the intention to make it more americanized.[2]

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References
  1. "Seminario Arquidiocesano San Antonio Abad del Cusco cumplió 423 años de fundación". Episcopal Conference of Peru. 2021-09-01.
  2. Basadre Grohmann, Jorge Alfredo (2005a) [1939]. Historia de la República del Perú [History of the Republic of Peru] (in Spanish). Vol. 16 (9th ed.). Lima: Producciones Cantabria. pp. 108–109, 132. ISBN 9972-205-70-3.

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